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Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County,South Dakota,United States. Watertown is home to the Redlin Art Center which houses many of the original art works produced by Terry Redlin,one of America's most popular wildlife artists. Watertown is located between Pelican Lake and Lake Kampeska,from which Redlin derived inspiration for his artwork.
Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney,university administrator,and politician from the Democratic Party. She represented South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2004 until 2011. Sandlin was first elected to Congress in a special election on July 12,2004,and was reelected three times before losing to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House,and the first woman elected to the House from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin,she was known as Stephanie Herseth. She is a Democrat and a member of the Herseth family of South Dakota.
Joseph Henry Bottum was an American politician. He served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota.
William John Bulow was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first Democratic Governor of South Dakota,serving from 1927 to 1931. He received the highest number of votes of any Democratic candidate for governor in the state up to that time. Bulow then went on to serve as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1931 to 1943.
Gladys Shields Pyle was an American educator,politician and the first woman elected to the United States Senate without having previously been appointed to her position;she was also the first female senator to serve as a Republican and the first female senator from South Dakota. Further,she was the first female senator from outside the south. She was also the first unmarried female senator.
William M. "Bill" Napoli is a former Republican state senator in the South Dakota State Legislature,representing the 35th State Senate district. He retired in 2008.
Shantel Swedlund Krebs is an American businesswoman and former South Dakota Secretary of State. She previously served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and South Dakota Senate.
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.
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Theresa B. "Huck" Two Bulls was an attorney,prosecutor and politician in the United States and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. In 2004 she was elected as Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate,representing the 27th district,the first American Indian woman to be elected to the state legislature. She served until 2008. That year Two Bulls was elected as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,the second woman to serve in this position. She served one term,which was two years.
Julie A. Bartling is a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate,representing the 26th district since 2004. Previously she was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004.
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Larry Rhoden is an American politician and businessman serving as the 39th lieutenant governor of South Dakota since 2019.
Brock L. Greenfield is an American politician serving as School and Public Lands Commissioner of South Dakota. He previously served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Greenfield was consecutively a member of the House for District 6 from January 2009 until January 11,2013,and a member of the South Dakota Senate for District 6 from January 2001 until January 2009. Greenfield has represented District 2 since January 10,2015.
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Nancy York is an American politician serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 5th district. First elected in 2016,she assumed office on January 10,2017 and serves on the health and local government committees.
Tamara St. John is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 8,2019. With her election,St. John became the first and only Native American Republican woman to ever serve in the South Dakota House of Representatives.
The 1938 United States Senate elections in South Dakota took place on November 8,1938. Incumbent Republican Senator Peter Norbeck died in office on December 20,1936. Herbert E. Hitchcock was appointed by Governor Tom Berry as Norbeck's replacement. Two elections for the same Senate seat were held on the same day;one as a special election to fill the remainder of Norbeck's six-year term,and another to select a Senator to serve the next six-year term.
The 1930 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1930. Incumbent Democratic Governor William J. Bulow declined to run for re-election to a third term,instead opting to successfully run for the U.S. Senate. The Republican nomination was hard-fought and the primary was crowded;because no candidate received 35% of the vote,state law required that the nomination be decided at a state party convention. There,former State Senator Warren Green,the last-place finisher in the primary,defeated Secretary of State Gladys Pyle,the plurality winner. In the general election,Green faced D. A. McCullough,the state's Rural Credits Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Despite Bulow's success in the preceding two elections,Green defeated McCullough by a decisive margin—even as Bulow himself was elected to the U.S. Senate.
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