South Dakota Senate


The 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.

Composition

Officers

PositionNamePartyDistrict
President Pro Tem of the SenateChris KarrRepublican11
Majority LeaderJim MehlhaffRepublican241
Assistant Majority LeaderCarl PerryRepublican34
Majority WhipsRandy DeibertRepublican31
Majority WhipsKevin JensenRepublican16
Majority WhipsSue PetersonRepublican13
Majority WhipsTom PischkeRepublican25
Minority LeaderLiz LarsonDemocratic10
Assistant Minority LeaderJamie SmithDemocratic15
Minority Whip-N/A

List of current senators

DistrictSenatorPartySinceResidenceCounties represented
1stRepublican2021AberdeenBrown, Day, Marshall, Roberts
2ndRepublican2023BrandonBrown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink
3rdRepublican2025AberdeenBrown
4thRepublican2025BryantClark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts
5thRepublican2025WatertownCodington
6thRepublican2025TeaLincoln
7thRepublican2023BrookingsBrookings
8thRepublican2020MadisonLake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn
9thRepublican2025HartfordMinnehaha
10thDemocratic2023Sioux FallsMinnehaha
11thRepublican2025Sioux FallsMinnehaha
12thRepublican2023Sioux FallsLincoln, Minnehaha
13thRepublican2025Sioux FallsLincoln, Minnehaha
14thRepublican2021Sioux FallsMinnehaha
15thDemocratic2025Sioux FallsMinnehaha
16thRepublican2025CantonLincoln, Turner, Union
17thRepublican2023BurbankClay, Union
18thRepublican2025YanktonClay, Yankton
19thRepublican2020ScotlandBon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook
20thRepublican2025MitchellDavison, Jerauld, Miner, Sanborn
21stRepublican2025BonesteelAurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp
22ndBrandon WipfRepublican2025Lake ByronBeadle, Kingsbury
23rdRepublican2025LeolaBrown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Walworth
24thRepublican2023PierreHughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully
25thRepublican2023Dell RapidsMinnehaha
26thRepublican2025Lower BruleBrule, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd
27thDemocratic2019Pine RidgeBennett, Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington
28thRepublican2025Prairie CityButte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach
29thRepublican2025PiedmontMeade
30thRepublican2025Hot SpringsCuster, Fall River, Pennington
31stRepublican2023SpearfishLawrence
32ndRepublican2019Rapid CityPennington
33rdRepublican2025Rapid CityMeade, Pennington
34thRepublican2025Rapid CityPennington
35thRepublican2025Rapid CityPennington

Past composition of the Senate