South Dakota Senate

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South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Legislature
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Type
Type
Term limits
4 terms (8 years)
History
New session started
January 10, 2023
Leadership
Larry Rhoden (R)
since January 5, 2019
President pro tempore
Lee Schoenbeck (R)
since January 8, 2021
Majority Leader
Casey Crabtree (R)
since January 10, 2023
Minority Leader
Reynold Nesiba (D)
since January 10, 2023
Structure
Seats35
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Political groups
Majority party
  •    Republican (31)

Minority party

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle III, South Dakota Constitution
Salary$12,850.80/session + $151 per legislative day [lower-alpha 1] [1]
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2022
(35 seats)
Next election
November 5, 2024
(35 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative Control
Meeting place
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State Senate Chamber
South Dakota State Capitol
Pierre, South Dakota
Website
South Dakota State Legislature

The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 35 members, one representing each legislative district. It meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre.

Contents

Composition

98th Legislature (2023)
AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican Democratic
91st Legislature29635
92nd Legislature32335
98th Legislature31435
Latest voting share

Officers

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President Pro Tem of the Senate Lee Schoenbeck Republican5
Majority Leader Casey Crabtree Republican8
Assistant Majority Leader Michael Diedrich Republican34
Majority Whips Helene Duhamel Republican32
Jack Kolbeck Republican13
Ryan Maher Republican28
David Wheeler Republican22
Minority Leader Reynold Nesiba Democratic15
Assistant Minority Leader Shawn Bordeaux Democratic26
Minority Whip Liz Larson Democratic10

List of current senators

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Current makeup of the South Dakota Senate
DistrictSenatorPartySinceResidenceCounties represented
1st Michael Rohl Republican2021 Aberdeen Brown, Day, Marshall, Roberts
2nd Steve Kolbeck Republican2023 Brandon Brown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink
3rd Al Novstrup Republican2017 Aberdeen Brown
4th John Wiik Republican2017 Big Stone City Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant
5th Lee Schoenbeck Republican2019 Watertown Codington
6th Herman Otten Republican2021 Lennox Lincoln
7th Tim Reed Republican2023 Brookings Brookings
8th Casey Crabtree Republican2020 Madison Lake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn
9th Brent "B.R." Hoffman Republican2023 Sioux Falls Minnehaha
10th Liz Larson Democratic2023 Sioux Falls Minnehaha
11th Jim Stalzer Republican2017 Sioux Falls Minnehaha
12th Arch Beal Republican2023 Sioux Falls Lincoln, Minnehaha
13th Jack Kolbeck Republican2017 Sioux Falls Lincoln, Minnehaha
14th Larry Zikmund Republican2021 Sioux Falls Minnehaha
15th Reynold Nesiba Democratic2017 Sioux Falls Minnehaha
16th Jim Bolin Republican2017 Canton Lincoln, Union
17th Sydney Davis Republican2023 Burbank Clay, Union
18th Jean Hunhoff Republican2021 Yankton Yankton
19th Kyle Schoenfish Republican2020 Scotland Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook
20th Joshua Klumb Republican2017 Mitchell Aurora, Davison, Jerauld
21st Erin Tobin Republican2021 Winner Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory, Tripp
22nd David Wheeler Republican2021 Huron Beadle, Kingsbury
23rd Bryan Breitling Republican2021 Miller Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth
24th Jim Mehlhaff Republican2023 Pierre Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully
25th Tom Pischke Republican2023 Dell Rapids Minnehaha
26th Shawn Bordeaux Democratic2023 Mission Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd
27th Red Dawn Foster Democratic2019 Pine Ridge Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington
28th Ryan Maher Republican2017 Isabel Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach
29th Dean Wink Republican2023 Howes Butte, Meade, Pennington
30th Julie Frye-Mueller Republican2021 Rapid City Custer, Fall River, Pennington
31st Randy Deibert Republican2023 Spearfish Lawrence
32nd Helene Duhamel Republican2019 Rapid City Pennington
33rd David Johnson Republican2021 Rapid City Meade, Pennington
34th Michael Diedrich Republican2021 Rapid City Pennington
35th Vacant [2] Pennington

Diversity among senators

In 2010, Democrat Angie Buhl became the first openly LGBT person ever elected to the state legislature. [3] She served from 2011 – 2017.

Past composition of the Senate

See also

Notes

  1. Legislative pay must be one-fifth of median household income of South Dakota

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