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South Dakota is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes,who comprise a large portion of the population with nine reservations currently in the state and have historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the seventeenth largest by area,but the 5th least populous,and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory,South Dakota became a state on November 2,1889,simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union;President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the statehood papers before signing them so that no one could tell which became a state first. Pierre is the state capital,and Sioux Falls,with a population of about 192,200,is South Dakota's largest city.
The North Central Conference (NCC),also known as North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,was a college athletic conference which operated in the north central United States. It participated in the NCAA's Division II.
The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of South Dakota. The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election. The current governor is Kristi Noem,a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 5,2019.
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,and in the South Dakota Senate from 1991 to 2001. In 2014,Rounds was elected to the United States Senate,succeeding retiring Democrat Tim Johnson. He was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Dan Ahlers.
The Dakota,Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Before its purchase,it was the largest Class II railroad in the United States,operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the Northern Plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extended into Wyoming,Nebraska,Iowa,and Illinois. It interchanged with all seven U.S. Class I railroads.
The South Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of South Dakota. It is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices appointed by the governor. One justice is selected from each of five geographic appointment districts. Justices face a nonpolitical retention election three years after appointment and every eight years after that. The justices also select their own chief justice.
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 Miss South Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by Future Productions based in Savage,Minnesota since 2002.
The Watertown Public Opinion is published in Watertown,South Dakota,United States,serving eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota. The fourth largest newspaper in South Dakota publishes in the afternoon,Tuesday through Friday.
The Attorney General of South Dakota is the state attorney general of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The attorney general is elected by popular vote to a four-year term and holds an executive position as the state's chief legal officer. In 1992,the voters approved a Constitutional Amendment to limit all constitutional officers and the governor to two consecutive four year terms.
The 2008 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 4,2008. Primary elections were held on June 3,2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson won re-election to a third term. As of 2022,this election,along with the simultaneous House race,is the last time a Democrat won a statewide election in South Dakota.
Roger Leland Wollman is a Senior United States Circuit Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He is the older brother of Harvey L. Wollman,former Governor of South Dakota.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to South Dakota:
The 2002 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday,November 5,2002. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district,who ran on a statewide ballot.
The 2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2002 to elect a Governor of South Dakota. Republican nominee Mike Rounds was elected,defeating Democratic nominee Jim Abbott.
The 2004 South Dakota's at-large congressional district special election was held on July 12,2004 to select the successor to Republican Representative Bill Janklow who resigned on July 11,2004,following a conviction of vehicular manslaughter after an accident that had occurred months earlier,creating an open seat and necessitating a special election. Each party held a nominating convention to choose their nominee for the special election. Republicans selected state Senator Larry Diedrich over Barbara Everist,also a member of the South Dakota State Senate,as their nominee while Democrats chose attorney Stephanie Herseth,who had unsuccessfully challenged Janklow in 2002.
The 2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Dakota,concurrently with the election of the Governor of South Dakota,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 following works deal with the cultural,political,economic,military,biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial South Dakota,the southern part of Dakota Territory and the State of South Dakota.
Richard L. Sattgast is an American politician who serves as the state auditor of South Dakota for the second time having served two terms previously (2003–2011). He formerly served as state treasurer (2011–2019).
Flandreau Indian School (FIS),previously Flandreau Indian Vocational High School,is an boarding school for Native American children in unincorporated Moody County,South Dakota,adjacent to Flandreau. It is operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and is off-reservation.