South Dakota Senate
Upper house of the South Dakota State Legislature
South Dakota Senate | |
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South Dakota Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | Upper house |
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 | |
Seats | 35 |
Political groups | Majority party
Minority party
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article III, South Dakota Constitution |
Salary | $12,850.80/session + $151 per legislative day[a][1] |
Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (35 seats) |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (35 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
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.
Composition
- 98th Legislature (2023)
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Democratic | |||
91st Legislature | 29 | 6 | 35 | |
92nd Legislature | 32 | 3 | 35 | |
98th Legislature | 31 | 4 | 35 | |
Latest voting share | 89% | 11% |
Officers
Position | Name | Party | District |
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President Pro Tem of the Senate | Lee Schoenbeck | Republican | 5 |
Majority Leader | Casey Crabtree | Republican | 8 |
Assistant Majority Leader | Michael Diedrich | Republican | 34 |
Majority Whips | Helene Duhamel | Republican | 32 |
Jack Kolbeck | Republican | 13 | |
Ryan Maher | Republican | 28 | |
David Wheeler | Republican | 22 | |
Minority Leader | Reynold Nesiba | Democratic | 15 |
Assistant Minority Leader | Shawn Bordeaux | Democratic | 26 |
Minority Whip | Liz Larson | Democratic | 10 |
List of current senators
Diversity among senators
In 2010, Democrat Angie Buhl became the first openly LGBT person ever elected to the state legislature.[2] She served from 2011 – 2017.
Past composition of the Senate
See also
Notes
- ^ Legislative pay must be one-fifth of median household income of South Dakota
External links
- Project Vote Smart - State Senate of South Dakota
- South Dakota Senate Roster
References
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Members of the South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Legislature (2023–present)
- President of the Senate
- Larry Rhoden (R)
- President pro tempore
- Lee Schoenbeck (R)
- Majority Leader
- Casey Crabtree (R)
- Minority Leader
- Reynold Nesiba (D)
- ▌Michael Rohl (R)
- ▌Steve Kolbeck (R)
- ▌Al Novstrup (R)
- ▌John Wiik (R)
- ▌Lee Schoenbeck (R)
- ▌Herman Otten (R)
- ▌Tim Reed (R)
- ▌Casey Crabtree (R)
- ▌Brent "B.R." Hoffman (R)
- ▌Liz Larson (D)
- ▌Jim Stalzer (R)
- ▌Arch Beal (R)
- ▌Jack Kolbeck (R)
- ▌Larry Zikmund (R)
- ▌Reynold Nesiba (D)
- ▌Jim Bolin (R)
- ▌Sydney Davis (R)
- ▌Jean Hunhoff (R)
- ▌Kyle Schoenfish (R)
- ▌Joshua Klumb (R)
- ▌Erin Tobin (R)
- ▌David Wheeler (R)
- ▌Bryan Breitling (R)
- ▌Jim Mehlhaff (R)
- ▌Tom Pischke (R)
- ▌Shawn Bordeaux (D)
- ▌Red Dawn Foster (D)
- ▌Ryan Maher (R)
- ▌Dean Wink (R)
- ▌Julie Frye-Mueller (R)
- ▌Randy Deibert (R)
- ▌Helene Duhamel (R)
- ▌David Johnson (R)
- ▌Michael Diedrich (R)
- ▌Mike Walsh (R)
- ▌Republican (31)
- ▌Democratic (4)
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- South Dakota House of Representatives
- South Dakota Senate