South Dakota Senate


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 in Pierre.

Composition

Officers

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President Pro Tem of the SenateBrock GreenfieldRepublican2
Majority LeaderKris LangerRepublican25
Assistant Majority LeaderJim BolinRepublican16
Majority WhipsBob EwingRepublican31
Majority WhipsJoshua KlumbRepublican20
Majority WhipsAl NovstrupRepublican3
Majority WhipsJordan YoungbergRepublican8
Minority LeaderTroy HeinertDemocratic26
Assistant Minority LeaderCraig KennedyDemocratic18
Minority WhipReynold NesibaDemocratic15

Members of the 92nd Senate

DistrictSenatorPartyResidence
1Susan WismerDemocraticBritton
2Brock GreenfieldRepublicanClark
3Al NovstrupRepublicanAberdeen
4John WiikRepublicanBig Stone City
5Lee SchoenbeckRepublicanWatertown
6Ernie OttenRepublicanTea
7V. J. SmithRepublicanBrookings
8Jordan YoungbergRepublicanMadison
9Wayne SteinhauerRepublicanHartford
10Margaret SuttonRepublicanSioux Falls
11Jim StalzerRepublicanSioux Falls
12Blake CurdRepublicanSioux Falls
13Jack KolbeckRepublicanSioux Falls
14Deb SoholtRepublicanSioux Falls
15Reynold NesibaDemocraticSioux Falls
16Jim BolinRepublicanCanton
17Arthur RuschRepublicanVermillion
18Craig KennedyDemocraticYankton
19Kyle SchoenfishRepublicanScotland
20Joshua KlumbRepublicanMount Vernon
21Rocky BlareRepublicanIdeal
22Jim WhiteRepublicanHuron
23John A. LakeRepublicanGettysburg
24Jeff MonroeRepublicanPierre
25Kris LangerRepublicanDell Rapids
26Troy HeinertDemocraticMission
27Red Dawn FosterDemocraticPine Ridge
28Ryan MaherRepublicanIsabel
29Gary CammackRepublicanUnion Center
30Lance RussellRepublicanHot Springs
31Bob EwingRepublicanSpearfish
32Helene DuhamelRepublicanRapid City
33Phil JensenRepublicanRapid City
34Jeffrey PartridgeRepublicanRapid City
35Jessica CastleberryRepublicanRapid City

Past composition of the Senate