South Dakota

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Statewide executives

Larry Rhoden

R Governor

Term 2025–2027

Tony Venhuizen

R Lieutenant Governor

Marty Jackley

Monae Johnson

State supreme court: South Dakota Supreme Court

Assisted appointment (Hybrid) · Term: 8 years · 5 sitting justices. A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.

Steven Jensen

Chief Justice · District 4

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: November 3, 2017

Appointed by Dennis Daugaard (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Robert Gusinsky

Justice · District 1

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: December 8, 2025

Appointed by Larry Rhoden (R)

Mark Salter

Justice · District 2

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: July 9, 2018

Appointed by Dennis Daugaard (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Patricia DeVaney

Justice · District 3

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: May 24, 2019

Appointed by Kristi L. Noem (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

Scott P. Myren

Justice · District 5

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: January 5, 2021

Appointed by Kristi L. Noem (R)

Photo: Ballotpedia

No public decision data available for this court.

Court page → · Source: Ballotpedia

Congressional delegation

Current delegation: 0 D · 3 R · scores are DW-NOMINATE (comparable across Congress)

U.S. Senate

Marion Michael (Mike) Rounds

John Thune

U.S. House

Dustin (Dusty) Johnson

R SD At-large

+0.468

State legislature

South Dakota Senate 35 members · 32 R · 3 D open in Rankings →

1328 roll calls (719 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-16 to 2026-03-30; sessions: 2025 First Special Session; 2025 Regular Session; 2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Stephanie Sauder	R	4	-0.766	83.1%	655
2	Sydney Davis	R	17	-0.721	84.0%	756
3	Tim Reed	R	7	-0.718	85.8%	692
4	Liz Larson	D	10	-0.700	99.3%	864
5	Glen Vilhauer	R	5	-0.688	86.0%	632
6	Jamie Smith	D	15	-0.688	98.2%	745
7	Helene Duhamel	R	32	-0.687	83.7%	775
8	Kyle Schoenfish	R	19	-0.682	84.8%	702
9	Paul Miskimins	R	20	-0.682	86.1%	622
10	Brandon Wipf	R	22	-0.669	85.4%	341
11	Randy Deibert	R	31	-0.651	84.0%	874
12	Casey Crabtree	R	8	-0.597	84.9%	708
13	Steve Kolbeck	R	2	-0.572	88.2%	813
14	Michael Rohl	R	1	-0.471	84.3%	662
15	Larry Zikmund	R	14	-0.464	88.3%	632
16	Jim Mehlhaff	R	24	-0.319	89.3%	885
17	Ernie Otten	R	6	-0.104	88.0%	621
18	Amber Hulse	R	30	-0.103	89.7%	735
19	Arch Beal	R	12	+0.017	90.7%	738
20	Carl Perry	R	3	+0.235	92.8%	898
21	Red Dawn Foster	D	27	+0.287	76.6%	632
22	Tamara Grove	R	26	+0.501	86.0%	813
23	Curt Voight	R	33	+0.535	91.0%	812
24	Chris Karr	R	11	+0.538	88.3%	819
25	Kevin Jensen	R	16	+0.619	87.7%	868
26	Mark Lapka	R	23	+0.635	87.0%	621
27	Sue Peterson	R	13	+0.637	86.0%	828
28	Joy Hohn	R	9	+0.683	85.6%	761
29	Lauren Nelson	R	18	+0.707	85.4%	674
30	MyKala Voita	R	21	+0.712	83.5%	622
31	Tom Pischke	R	25	+0.752	81.5%	899
32	Sam Marty	R	28	+0.765	84.9%	673
33	Greg Blanc	R	35	+0.798	83.6%	745
34	Taffy Howard	R	34	+0.858	79.3%	632
35	John Carley	R	29	+1.000	68.5%	622

South Dakota House 70 members · 65 R · 5 D open in Rankings →

1575 roll calls (1031 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-17 to 2026-03-30; sessions: 2025 First Special Session; 2025 Regular Session; 2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Erin Healy	D	10	-0.706	98.5%	828
2	Jeff Bathke	R	20	-0.672	80.0%	738
3	Roger DeGroot	R	7	-0.661	81.2%	779
4	Kevin Van Diepen	R	22	-0.658	83.6%	779
5	Erik Muckey	D	15	-0.639	99.0%	714
6	Kent Roe	R	4	-0.638	85.1%	743
7	Mike Stevens	R	18	-0.632	83.3%	868
8	Mellissa Heermann	R	7	-0.628	83.4%	779
9	Nick Fosness	R	1	-0.617	87.9%	401
10	Tim Reisch	R	8	-0.612	83.1%	999
11	Kadyn Wittman	D	15	-0.610	98.5%	804
12	Nicole Uhre-Balk	D	32	-0.610	98.8%	806
13	Steve Duffy	R	32	-0.606	85.7%	784
14	Mike Weisgram	R	24	-0.605	86.6%	788
15	Keri Weems	R	11	-0.603	86.5%	768
16	David Kull	R	2	-0.600	87.8%	852
17	Drew Peterson	R	19	-0.597	84.5%	806
18	Matt Roby	R	5	-0.576	89.3%	841
19	William Shorma	R	17	-0.576	83.8%	800
20	Amber Arlint	R	12	-0.574	85.3%	786
21	Taylor Rehfeldt	R	14	-0.570	84.8%	776
22	Rebecca Reimer	R	26B	-0.566	87.6%	856
23	Jim Halverson	R	21	-0.561	83.6%	807
24	Eric Emery	D	26A	-0.560	94.3%	914
25	Chris Kassin	R	17	-0.526	86.9%	703
26	Will Mortenson	R	24	-0.525	87.3%	836
27	Tim Czmowski	R	6	-0.503	89.3%	606
28	Tim Walburg	R	8	-0.491	88.2%	836
29	Jack Kolbeck	R	13	-0.490	86.4%	637
30	Mike Derby	R	34	-0.488	87.7%	703
31	Curt Massie	R	33	-0.440	89.0%	836
32	Brian Mulder	R	11	-0.348	88.1%	774
33	Trish Ladner	R	30	-0.347	89.4%	779
34	Greg Jamison	R	12	-0.300	88.8%	885
35	Scott Moore	R	23	-0.260	86.7%	728
36	Tim Goodwin	R	30	-0.246	85.2%	800
37	Mary Fitzgerald	R	31	-0.217	87.7%	841
38	Lana Greenfield	R	22	-0.093	89.7%	806
39	Jessica Bahmuller	R	19	+0.016	89.0%	913
40	Peri Pourier	R	27	+0.103	81.8%	861
41	John Shubeck	R	16	+0.130	89.9%	402
42	Al Novstrup	R	3	+0.196	86.6%	703
43	Les Heinemann	R	25	+0.254	90.3%	925
44	Terri Jorgenson	R	29	+0.287	89.0%	728
45	John Hughes	R	13	+0.323	87.6%	836
46	Marty Overweg	R	21	+0.451	83.5%	913
47	Scott Odenbach	R	31	+0.549	84.2%	828
48	Kaley Nolz	R	20	+0.572	86.4%	811
49	Liz May	R	27	+0.575	82.7%	796
50	Tony Kayser	R	14	+0.602	84.5%	832
51	Bobbi Andera	R	10	+0.610	81.4%	805
52	Spencer Gosch	R	23	+0.636	79.1%	913
53	Jon Hansen	R	25	+0.639	84.6%	828
54	Karla Lems	R	16	+0.654	83.8%	912
55	Tesa Schwans	R	9	+0.667	83.2%	806
56	Julie Auch	R	18	+0.681	81.2%	745
57	John Sjaarda	R	2	+0.707	80.2%	703
58	Brandei Schaefbauer	R	3	+0.758	78.3%	914
59	Bethany Soye	R	9	+0.778	78.2%	896
60	Josephine Garcia	R	5	+0.778	79.3%	822
61	Kathy Rice	R	29	+0.784	78.4%	806
62	Heather Baxter	R	34	+0.838	77.1%	832
63	Travis Ismay	R	28B	+0.845	75.2%	806
64	Logan Manhart	R	1	+0.867	72.6%	807
65	Jana Hunt	R	28A	+0.872	72.5%	868
66	Aaron Aylward	R	6	+0.874	71.0%	798
67	Tony Randolph	R	35	+0.945	66.3%	768
68	Dylan Jordan	R	4	+0.965	67.7%	807
69	Tina Mulally	R	35	+0.997	59.3%	779
70	Phil Jensen	R	33	+1.000	64.4%	771