William John Janklow was an American lawyer and politician and member of the Republican Party who holds the record for the longest tenure as Governor of South Dakota:sixteen years in office. Janklow had the third-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,851 days.
Marion Michael Rounds is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
Walter Dale "Walt" Miller was an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He served as the 29th Governor of South Dakota from 1993 to 1995,having assumed the office upon the death of George S. Mickelson. He was,at age 67 upon taking office,the oldest person to serve as the governor of South Dakota.
Dennis Martin Daugaard is an American attorney and politician who served as the 32nd governor of South Dakota from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was the first chief executive of a U.S. state to be the child of deaf parents. Before being elected governor,he was a lawyer,banker,development director for a nonprofit organization;he also served as a state senator from 1997 to 2003 and the 37th lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
The lieutenant governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota Senate. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the governorship if the office becomes vacant,and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state.
Vernon L. Larson is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the U.S. state of South Dakota.
The structure of the government of South Dakota is based on that of the federal government,with three branches of government:executive,legislative,and judicial. The structure of the state government is laid out in the Constitution of South Dakota,the highest law in the state. The constitution may be amended either by a majority vote of both houses of the legislature,or by voter initiative.
The 2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010 to elect the Governor of South Dakota to a four-year term. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.
Scott Donald Munsterman is a former mayor of Brookings,South Dakota. Munsterman sought the Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota in the South Dakota gubernatorial election in 2010. In a Republican primary election on June 8,2010,Munsterman came in second to Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard. Munsterman received 17.6% or 14,733 of the 83,832 ballots cast,approximately one third of the 50% received by Daugaard.
The 2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota,concurrently with the election of South Dakota's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
John B. Heilman,Jr. was an American politician.
Larry Rhoden is an American politician and businessman serving as the 39th lieutenant governor of South Dakota since 2019.
David Ellwood Lust was an American politician who served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 34 from January 2007 until January 2015 and again from September 2016 until January 2019.
Janine M. Kern is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
Gregory J. Stoltenburg is an American lawyer,veteran,and current presiding judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in South Dakota.
Dustin Michael Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011,when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard,a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service,Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell,South Dakota.
Mark E. Salter is an American attorney,veteran,and current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court,appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard in 2018. He became the 51st member of the court.
Marli Wiese is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 8 since January 31,2017,when she was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to fill a vacancy after Matthew Wollmann's resignation earlier that month. Wiese serves on the education and taxation committees.
Jon Hansen serves as a representative for the 25th Legislative District in the South Dakota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party,and former Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Will D. Mortenson is an American attorney and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 24 since January 2021.
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