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These are tables of congressional delegations from South Dakota to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives . The current dean of the South Dakota delegation is Senator and Senate Minority Whip John Thune, having served in the Senate since 2005, and previously serving in the House from 1997 until 2003.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of South Dakota. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from South Dakota. The list of names should be ...
MemberPartyYearsDistrictJanuary 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907People also ask
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U.S. Senate, 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2022 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from South Dakota . Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from South Dakota. Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South ...
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Jan 4, 2005 · South Dakota’s one representative, called an “at-large” representative because they represent the entire state, is: At Large. Dusty Johnson. Republican. Since Jan 3, 2019. All representatives serve until the end of the current Congress on Jan 3, 2025. Map of Congressional Districts.
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The district was created when South Dakota achieved statehood on November 2, 1889, electing two members at-large (statewide). Following the 1910 United States census a third seat was gained, with the legislature drawing three separate districts. The third district was eliminated after the 1930 census. As a result of the redistricting cycle after th...
2004 special
Incumbent U.S. Representative Bill Janklow resigned the seat on January 20, 2004, after he was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, triggering a special election. Democrat Stephanie Herseth was selected as the Democratic nominee for this special election and she defeated RepublicanLarry Diedrich with 51 percent of the vote in a close-fought election on June 1, 2004. Herseth's victory briefly gave the state its first all-Democratic congressional delegation since 1937.
2004 general
In the November general election, Herseth was elected to a full term with 53.4 percent of the vote, an increase of a few percentage points compared with the even closer June special elections. Herseth's vote margin in June was about 3,000 votes, but by November it had grown to over 29,000. Herseth thereby became the first woman in state history to win a full term in the U.S. Congress. Both elections were hard-fought and close compared to many House races in the rest of the United States, and...
1889–1913: two seats
Two seats were created in 1889. In 1913, the two at-large seats were replaced by three districts. There were no at-large seats, therefore, until 1983.
1983–present: one seat
By 1983, the remaining two district seats were reduced to one at-large seat.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.- 75,885 sq mi (196,540 km²)
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South Dakota's at-large congressional district. South Dakota's at-large congressional district is a single congressional district in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Republican Dusty Johnson is the representative since elected in 2018. It contains all of South Dakota including the big cities of Sioux Falls .
