Tamara Grove | |
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Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 26th district | |
Assumed office January 14, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Shawn Bordeaux |
Personal details | |
Born | Yankton,South Dakota |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Huron University |
Website | www |
Tamara R. Grove is an American politician. She serves as a Republican member for the 26th district in the South Dakota State Senate since 2025. [1] The district is based in south central South Dakota and includes Brule,Buffalo,Hughes,Hyde,Jones,Lyman,Mellette,and Todd Counties. [2]
Grove was adopted as a baby during the Indian Adoption Project,and is Lakota Sioux and African American descent. [3]
After the 2016 United States presidential election she was a researcher for the First Step Act and worked directly with President Donald Trump’s Urban Revitalization Coalition and was the lead co-author for his 13-Point Urban Revitalization Plan. [4]
In the 2024 South Dakota Senate election,she became the first Republican to represent the 26th district in a decade. [5] Senator Tamara Grove is South Dakota's first African American Native female elected to the SD Senate in the SD legislative history. She is an advocate of drug reform. [6] She has worked for the anti-cannabis group Protecting South Dakota Kids. [7]