South Dakota Senate

South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
New session started	January 12, 2021
Leadership
President	Larry Rhoden (R) ; since January 5, 2019
President pro tempore	Lee Schoenbeck (R) ; since January 8, 2021
Majority Leader	Gary Cammack (R) ; since January 8, 2021
Minority Leader	Troy Heinert (D) ; since January 8, 2019
Structure
Seats	35
Political groups	Majority party Republican (32); Minority party Democratic (3);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article III, South Dakota Constitution
Salary	$12,850.80/session + $151 per legislative day
Elections
Last election	November 3, 2020; (35 seats)
Next election	November 8, 2022; (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

92nd Legislature (2019)

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic
91st Legislature	29	6	35

92nd Legislature	32	3	35
Latest voting share	91.4%	8.6%

Officers

Position	Name	Party	District
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Lee Schoenbeck	Republican	5
Majority Leader	Gary Cammack	Republican	29
Assistant Majority Leader	Michael Diedrich	Republican	34
Majority Whips	Jim Bolin	Republican	16
	Casey Crabtree	Republican	8
	Helene Duhamel	Republican	32
	Kyle Schoenfish	Republican	19
Minority Leader	Troy Heinert	Democratic	26
Assistant Minority Leader	Red Dawn Foster	Democratic	27
Minority Whip	Reynold Nesiba	Democratic	15

List of current senators

District	Senator	Party	Since	Residence	Counties represented
1	Michael Rohl	Republican	2021	Aberdeen	Brown, Day, Marshall, Roberts
2	Brock Greenfield	Republican	2015	Clark	Brown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink
3	Al Novstrup	Republican	2017	Aberdeen	Brown
4	John Wiik	Republican	2017	Big Stone City	Brookings, Codington, Deuel, Grant
5	Lee Schoenbeck	Republican	2019	Watertown	Codington
6	Herman Otten	Republican	2021	Lennox	Lincoln
7	V. J. Smith	Republican	2021	Brookings	Brookings
8	Casey Crabtree	Republican	2020	Madison	Lake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn
9	Wayne Steinhauer	Republican	2019	Hartford	Minnehaha
10	Margaret Sutton	Republican	2019	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha
11	Jim Stalzer	Republican	2017	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha
12	Blake Curd	Republican	2013	Sioux Falls	Lincoln, Minnehaha
13	Jack Kolbeck	Republican	2017	Sioux Falls	Lincoln, Minnehaha
14	Larry Zikmund	Republican	2021	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha
15	Reynold Nesiba	Democratic	2017	Sioux Falls	Minnehaha
16	Jim Bolin	Republican	2017	Canton	Lincoln, Union
17	Arthur Rusch	Republican	2015	Vermillion	Clay, Turner
18	Jean Hunhoff	Republican	2021	Yankton	Yankton
19	Kyle Schoenfish	Republican	2020	Scotland	Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook
20	Joshua Klumb	Republican	2017	Mitchell	Aurora, Davison, Jerauld
21	Erin Tobin	Republican	2021	Winner	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory, Tripp
22	David Wheeler	Republican	2021	Huron	Beadle, Kingsbury
23	Bryan Breitling	Republican	2021	Miller	Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Spink, Walworth
24	Mary Duvall	Republican	2021	Pierre	Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully
25	Marsha Symens	Republican	2021	Dell Rapids	Minnehaha
26	Troy Heinert	Democratic	2015	Mission	Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd
27	Red Dawn Foster	Democratic	2019	Pine Ridge	Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington
28	Ryan Maher	Republican	2017	Isabel	Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach
29	Gary Cammack	Republican	2015	Union Center	Butte, Meade, Pennington
30	Julie Frye-Mueller	Republican	2021	Rapid City	Custer, Fall River, Pennington
31	Timothy Johns	Republican	2021	Lead	Lawrence
32	Helene Duhamel	Republican	2019	Rapid City	Pennington
33	David Johnson	Republican	2021	Rapid City	Meade, Pennington
34	Michael Diedrich	Republican	2021	Rapid City	Pennington
35	Jessica Castleberry	Republican	2020	Rapid City	Pennington

Past composition of the Senate

Notes

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

External links

References

^ "S.D. Legislators' salary raise strains budget". 17 November 2020.

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

[2] "S.D. Legislators' salary raise strains budget". 17 November 2020.

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v t e Members of the South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Legislature (2021–present) President of the Senate Larry Rhoden (R) President pro tempore Lee Schoenbeck (R) Majority Leader Gary Cammack (R) Minority Leader Troy Heinert (D)
▌Michael Rohl (R) ▌Brock Greenfield (R) ▌Al Novstrup (R) ▌John Wiik (R) ▌Lee Schoenbeck (R) ▌Herman Otten (R) ▌V. J. Smith (R) ▌Casey Crabtree (R) ▌Wayne Steinhauer (R) ▌Margaret Sutton (R) ▌Jim Stalzer (R) ▌Blake Curd (R) ▌Jack Kolbeck (R) ▌Larry Zikmund (R) ▌Reynold Nesiba (D) ▌Jim Bolin (R) ▌Arthur Rusch (R) ▌Jean Hunhoff (R) ▌Kyle Schoenfish (R) ▌Joshua Klumb (R) ▌Erin Tobin (R) ▌David Wheeler (R) ▌Bryan Breitling (R) ▌Mary Duvall (R) ▌Marsha Symens (R) ▌Troy Heinert (D) ▌Red Dawn Foster (D) ▌Ryan Maher (R) ▌Gary Cammack (R) ▌Julie Frye-Mueller (R) ▌Timothy Johns (R) ▌Helene Duhamel (R) ▌David Johnson (R) ▌Michael Diedrich (R) ▌Jessica Castleberry (R)
▌Republican (32) ▌Democratic (3) South Dakota Legislature South Dakota House of Representatives South Dakota Senate

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