Current Elected Officials
The South Dakota Republican Party controls all seven statewide offices and holds majorities in the South Dakota Senate and the South Dakota House of Representatives. Republicans also hold one of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the state's at-large congressional seat.
- State
- Governor: Dennis Daugaard
- Lieutenant Governor: Matt Michels
- Secretary of State: Jason Gant
- Attorney General: Marty Jackley
- State Auditor: Steve Barnett
- State Treasurer: Rich Sattgast
- Commissioner of School and Public Lands: Jarrod Johnson
- Federal
- U.S. Senate
- John R. Thune
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Kristi Noem, At-Large District
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