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Upper house of the South Dakota State Legislature
South Dakota Senate
Type Upper houseTerm limits
4 terms (8 years)New session started
January 14, 2025 President Tony Venhuizen(
R)
since January 30, 2025
President pro tempore
Chris Karr(
R)
since January 14, 2025
Majority Leader
Jim Mehlhaff(
R)
since January 14, 2025
Minority Leader
Liz Larson(
D)
since January 14, 2025
Seats 35Political groups
Majority party(31)
Minority party
(3)
Vacant
Length of term
2 years Authority Article III, South Dakota Constitution Salary $12,850.80/session + $151 per legislative day[a][1]Last election
November 5, 2024Next election
November 3, 2026The South Dakota 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.
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Republican Democratic 92nd Legislature 32 3 35 98th Legislature 31 4 35 99th Legislature 32 3 35 Latest voting share 91% 9% List of current senators[edit] 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 Carl Perry Republican 2025 Aberdeen Brown 4th Stephanie Sauder Republican 2025 Bryant Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts 5th Glen Vilhauer Republican 2025 Watertown Codington 6th Ernie Otten Republican 2025 Tea Lincoln 7th Tim Reed Republican 2023 Brookings Brookings 8th Casey Crabtree Republican 2020 Madison Lake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn 9th Joy Hohn Republican 2025 Hartford Minnehaha 10th Liz Larson Democratic 2023 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 11th Chris Karr Republican 2025 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 12th Arch Beal Republican 2023 Sioux Falls Lincoln, Minnehaha 13th Sue Peterson Republican 2025 Sioux Falls Lincoln, Minnehaha 14th Larry Zikmund Republican 2021 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 15th Jamie Smith Democratic 2025 Sioux Falls Minnehaha 16th Kevin Jensen Republican 2025 Canton Lincoln, Turner, Union 17th Sydney Davis Republican 2023 Burbank Clay, Union 18th Lauren Nelson Republican 2025 Yankton Clay, Yankton 19th Kyle Schoenfish Republican 2020 Scotland Bon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook 20th Paul Miskimins Republican 2025 Mitchell Davison, Jerauld, Miner, Sanborn 21st Mykala Voita Republican 2025 Bonesteel Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp 22nd Vacant[b] Republican Beadle, Kingsbury 23rd Mark Lapka Republican 2025 Leola Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Walworth 24th Jim Mehlhaff Republican 2023 Pierre Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully 25th Tom Pischke Republican 2023 Dell Rapids Minnehaha 26th Tamara Grove Republican 2025 Lower Brule Brule, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd 27th Red Dawn Foster Democratic 2019 Pine Ridge Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington 28th Sam Marty Republican 2025 Prairie City Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach 29th John Carley Republican 2025 Piedmont Meade 30th Amber Hulse Republican 2025 Hot Springs Custer, Fall River, Pennington 31st Randy Deibert Republican 2023 Spearfish Lawrence 32nd Helene Duhamel Republican 2019 Rapid City Pennington 33rd Curt Voight Republican 2025 Rapid City Meade, Pennington 34th Taffy Howard Republican 2025 Rapid City Pennington 35th Greg Blanc Republican 2025 Rapid City Pennington Diversity among senators[edit]In 2010, Democrat Angie Buhl became the first openly LGBT person ever elected to the state legislature.[2] She served from 2011–2017.
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