Upper house of the 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
List of current senators
Current makeup of the South Dakota Senate
District
Senator
Party
Since
Residence
Counties represented
1st
Michael Rohl
Republican
2021
Aberdeen
Brown , Day , Marshall , Roberts
2nd
Steve Kolbeck
Republican
2023
Brandon
Brown , Clark , Hamlin , Spink
3rd
Al Novstrup
Republican
2017
Aberdeen
Brown
4th
John Wiik
Republican
2017
Big Stone City
Brookings , Codington , Deuel , Grant
5th
Lee Schoenbeck
Republican
2019
Watertown
Codington
6th
Herman Otten
Republican
2021
Lennox
Lincoln
7th
Tim Reed
Republican
2023
Brookings
Brookings
8th
Casey Crabtree
Republican
2020
Madison
Lake , Miner , Moody , Sanborn
9th
Brent "B.R." Hoffman
Republican
2023
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha
10th
Liz Larson
Democratic
2023
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha
11th
Jim Stalzer
Republican
2017
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha
12th
Arch Beal
Republican
2023
Sioux Falls
Lincoln , Minnehaha
13th
Jack Kolbeck
Republican
2017
Sioux Falls
Lincoln , Minnehaha
14th
Larry Zikmund
Republican
2021
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha
15th
Reynold Nesiba
Democratic
2017
Sioux Falls
Minnehaha
16th
Jim Bolin
Republican
2017
Canton
Lincoln , Union
17th
Sydney Davis
Republican
2023
Burbank
Clay , Union
18th
Jean Hunhoff
Republican
2021
Yankton
Yankton
19th
Kyle Schoenfish
Republican
2020
Scotland
Bon Homme , Douglas , Hanson , Hutchinson , McCook
20th
Joshua Klumb
Republican
2017
Mitchell
Aurora , Davison , Jerauld
21st
Erin Tobin
Republican
2021
Winner
Bon Homme , Charles Mix , Gregory , Tripp
22nd
David Wheeler
Republican
2021
Huron
Beadle , Kingsbury
23rd
Bryan Breitling
Republican
2021
Miller
Campbell , Edmunds , Faulk , Hand , McPherson , Potter , Spink , Walworth
24th
Jim Mehlhaff
Republican
2023
Pierre
Hughes , Hyde , Stanley , Sully
25th
Tom Pischke
Republican
2023
Dell Rapids
Minnehaha
26th
Shawn Bordeaux
Democratic
2023
Mission
Brule , Buffalo , Jones , Lyman , Mellette , Todd
27th
Red Dawn Foster
Democratic
2019
Pine Ridge
Bennett , Haakon , Jackson , Oglala Lakota , Pennington
28th
Ryan Maher
Republican
2017
Isabel
Butte , Corson , Dewey , Harding , Perkins , Ziebach
29th
Dean Wink
Republican
2023
Howes
Butte , Meade , Pennington
30th
Julie Frye-Mueller
Republican
2021
Rapid City
Custer , Fall River , Pennington
31st
Randy Deibert
Republican
2023
Spearfish
Lawrence
32nd
Helene Duhamel
Republican
2019
Rapid City
Pennington
33rd
David Johnson
Republican
2021
Rapid City
Meade , Pennington
34th
Michael Diedrich
Republican
2021
Rapid City
Pennington
35th
Mike Walsh
Republican
2024
Rapid City
Pennington
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
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