John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota,a seat he has held since 2005. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the Senate minority whip,a post he has held since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Thune served three terms as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1997 to 2003.
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician,and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019,whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
Kristi Lynn Noem is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party,she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019,and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011.
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.
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. These midterm elections occurred during Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump's term. Although the Republican Party increased its majority in the Senate,unified Republican control of Congress and the White House was brought to an end when the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives in what was widely characterized as a "blue wave" election as Democrats also gained governorships,other statewide offices,and state legislative chambers.
Lora H. Reinbold is an American politician who was a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019,representing District 26. In 2018,Reinbold was elected to the Alaska State Senate representing the G district. She served in the State Senate from 2019 until retiring in 2023. From 2015 to the end of her tenure,Reinbold was the only member of the Alaska State Legislature unaffiliated with a caucus organization,as she was ejected from the Republican-led majority caucus in March 2015.
Billie Harmon Sutton is an American former professional bronc rider and politician. He was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 2011 to 2019,served as Minority Leader,and was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of South Dakota,which he narrowly lost to Republican nominee Kristi Noem in the general election.
Martin J. Jackley is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the Attorney General of South Dakota since 2023,having previously served from 2009 to 2019. He assumed office as Attorney General again in 2023 after winning the 2022 election unopposed. He previously served as the 39th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of South Dakota in 2018,losing the Republican primary to Kristi Noem.
Kyle Schoenfish is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate. Schoenfish had previously served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives,representing District 19 since January 11,2013.
Kristen K. Langer is an American politician who served as a member of the South Dakota Senate for the 25th district from 2017 to 2021. She was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to the South Dakota House of Representatives after Jon Hansen resigned. In 2019,she became the South Dakota State Senate Majority Leader.
Lance S. Russell is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate and a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 30.
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.
Dan Lederman is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 16 from January 11,2011,until he resigned on March 30,2015. Lederman served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11,2011,in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 seat.
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.
Lynne DiSanto,also known as Lyndi Meyers,is an American politician from Box Elder,South Dakota,a former Republican member of the South Dakota state senate and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 35,and the former Republican majority whip in the state House. In 2014 and 2016,she received the highest total of votes in her district,which elected two Republicans to the state House of Representatives,and also was elected as a Donald Trump delegate to the 2016 presidential convention.
Kelly Michael Armstrong is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the North Dakota state senator from the 36th district from 2012 to 2018 and chair of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2015 until 2018. On January 23,2024,he announced he would not seek re-election to the House,and would instead run in the 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election. Armstrong won the Republican primary on June 11,2024,and will face Democratic nominee Merrill Piepkorn in the general election.
Julie Frye-Mueller is an American politician from South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party,she has been a member of the South Dakota Senate,serving since 2021. She was censured by the Senate in 2023 for harassment of a legislative staffer;she denied harassment.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
The 2024 United States Senate election in North Dakota will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Dakota. Republican incumbent Kevin Cramer is seeking a second term in office. He is being challenged by Democratic–NPL educator Katrina Christiansen. Primary elections took place on June 11,2024,with Cramer and Christiansen winning their respective party's nomination unopposed.
South Dakota Constitutional Amendment A,the Marijuana Legalization Initiative,was a cannabis legalization initiative that appeared on the November 3,2020 South Dakota general election ballot. Passing with 54% of the vote,the measure would have legalized recreational marijuana in South Dakota effective July 1,2021. Additionally,Amendment A required the South Dakota State Legislature to establish a medical marijuana program and legal hemp sales by April 1,2022.
