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The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota State Legislature. It is made up of 35 members, one representing each legislative district, and meets at the South Dakota State Capitol

South Dakota State Capitol

The South Dakota State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of South Dakota. Housing the South Dakota State Legislature, it is located in the state capital of Pierre at 500 East Capitol Avenue. The building houses the offices of most state officials, including the Governor of...

in Pierre

Pierre, South Dakota

Pierre is the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. The population was 13,646 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont...

Composition

86th Legislature (2011-2012)

Affiliation	Party		Total

	Republican South Dakota Republican Party The South Dakota Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in South Dakota. Karl Adam is the State Chairman; Sue Peterson is the State Vice Chair.-Current elected officials:...	Democratic South Dakota Democratic Party The South Dakota Democratic Party is the local branch of the Democratic Party in the state of South Dakota. Jack Billion recently resigned as party chair. Cheryl Chapman is currently serving as interim chair and will be running for the position in April...		Vacant
End of previous legislature	21	14	35	0

Begin	30	5	35	0
Latest voting share	85.7%	14.3%

Officers

Position	Name	Party	District
President Pro Tem of the Senate President pro tempore A President pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer...	Bob Gray	Republican	24
Majority Leader Majority leader In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...	Russell Olson	Republican	08
Assistant Majority Leader	Jim Hunstad	Republican	02
Minority Leader Minority leader In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...	Jason Frerichs	Democratic	01
Assistant Minority Leader	Jim Hundstad Jim Hundstad James E. "Jim" Hundstad is a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate, representing the 2nd district since 2004. Previously he was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004.-External links:...	Democratic	02

Members of the 86th Senate

District	Senator	Party	Residence
1	Jason Frerichs	Democratic	Wilmot Wilmot, South Dakota Wilmot is a city in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 492 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wilmot is located at ....
2	Jim Hundstad Jim Hundstad James E. "Jim" Hundstad is a Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate, representing the 2nd district since 2004. Previously he was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004.-External links:...	Democratic	Bath Bath, South Dakota Bath is an unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Bath has been assigned the ZIP code of 57427....
3	Al Novstrup	Republican	Aberdeen Aberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi northeast of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census. The American News is the local newspaper...
4	Tim Begalka	Republican	Clear Lake Clear Lake, South Dakota Clear Lake is a city in and the county seat of Deuel County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,273 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Clear Lake is located at ....
5	Reid Holien	Republican	Watertown Watertown, South Dakota Watertown is a city in and the county seat of Codington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 21,482 at the 2010 census. It is also the principal city of the Watertown Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Codington and Hamlin counties...
6	Art Fryslie	Republican	Willow Lake Willow Lake, South Dakota Willow Lake is a city in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 263 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Willow Lake is located at ....
7	Larry Tidemann	Republican	Brookings Brookings, South Dakota Brookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is the fourth largest city in South Dakota, with a population of 22,056 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State University, the largest institution of higher...
8	Russell Olson	Republican	Wentworth Wentworth, South Dakota Wentworth is an incorporated village in Lake County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 171 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wentworth is located at ....
9	Deb Peters	Republican	Hartford Hartford, South Dakota Hartford is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,534 at the 2010 census. The creators of the international Christian television show Burnnie the Bunnie: Tails From the Light Side live in Hartford.-Geography:...
10	Shantel Krebs	Republican	Sioux Falls
11	Todd Schlekeway	Republican	Sioux Falls
12	Mark Johnston Mark Johnston Mark Johnston is a racehorse trainer based in Middleham, North Yorkshire, England.In 2004 he won the 1,000 Guineas with Attraction...	Republican	Sioux Falls
13	Phyllis Heineman	Republican	Sioux Falls
14	Joni Cutler	Republican	Sioux Falls
15	Angie Buhl	Democratic	Sioux Falls
16	Dan Lederman	Republican	Dakota Dunes Dakota Dunes, South Dakota Dakota Dunes is an unincorporated, master-planned residential and commercial development covering about in Union County in the extreme southeast corner of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The development is sandwiched between the Big Sioux River and the Missouri River...
17	Eldon Nygaard Eldon Nygaard Eldon E. Nygaard is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 17th district since 2006.Nygaard was elected to the South Dakota Senate in the 2010 general election...	Republican	Vermillion Vermillion, South Dakota Vermillion is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the tenth largest city in the state. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 10,571. Vermillion lies atop a bluff near the Missouri River.The area has been home to...
18	Jean Hunhoff	Republican	Yankton Yankton, South Dakota Yankton is a city in, and the county seat of, Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 14,454 at the 2010 census. Yankton was the original capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota Native Americans...
19	Jim Putnam	Republican	Armour Armour, South Dakota Armour is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 699 at the 2010 census.- History :...
20	Mike Vehle	Republican	Mitchell Mitchell, South Dakota -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,558 people, 6,121 households, and 3,599 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,475.7 people per square mile . There were 6,555 housing units at an average density of 664.4 per square mile...
21	Cooper Garnos	Republican	Presho Presho, South Dakota Presho is a small city in Lyman County, South Dakota, United States. It is named for J. S. Presho, an early settler from New York who arrived in the area in 1858...
22	Tom Hansen	Republican	Huron Huron, South Dakota Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County. Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University since 1897. Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair...
23	Corey Brown	Republican	Hoven Gettysburg, South Dakota Gettysburg is a city in Potter County, South Dakota, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 1,162 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Potter County. Gettysburg area historical tornado activity is 42 percent less than the overall U.S...
24	Bob Gray	Republican	Pierre Pierre, South Dakota Pierre is the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. The population was 13,646 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont...
25	Timothy Race	Republican	Baltic Baltic, South Dakota Baltic is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Baltic is located at , along the Big Sioux River....
26	Billie Sutton	Democratic	Burke Burke, South Dakota Burke is a city in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 604 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Gregory County.-Geography:Burke is located at ....
27	Jim Bradford Jim Bradford James Arnold "Jim" Bradford is a teacher, politician and Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate, representing the 27th district since 2009...	Democratic	Pine Ridge Pine Ridge, South Dakota Pine Ridge is a census-designated place in and the most populous community of Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,308 at the 2010 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.-History:By 2011, a gang culture...
28	Ryan Maher Ryan Maher Ryan M. Maher is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate, representing the 28th district since 2006.-External links:* official SD Senate website* profileFollow the Money - Ryan M Maher* campaign contributions...	Republican	Isabel Isabel, South Dakota Isabel is a town in Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 135 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Isabel is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
29	Larry Rhoden	Republican	Union Center
30	Bruce Rampelberg	Republican	Rapid City Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...
31	Tom Nelson	Republican	Lead Lead, South Dakota Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,124 at the 2010 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.-History:...
32	Stanford Adelstein	Republican	Rapid City Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...
33	Elizabeth Kraus	Republican	Rapid City
34	Craig Tieszen	Republican	Rapid City
35	Jeffrey Haverly	Republican	Rapid City

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Composition

Officers

Members of the 86th Senate

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