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The Constitution of South Dakota originally provided for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every two years with no limits. A law passed in 1947 prohibited parties from nominating someone who had served two consecutive terms, effectively creating a term limit, and an amendment in 1972 increased term lengths to four years while ...
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem [1] (/ n oʊ m / NOHM; [2] née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving since 2025 as the eighth United States secretary of homeland security. Noem served from 2019 to 2025 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota , resigning after being confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security. [ 3 ]
Incumbent Republican Governor Kristi Noem resigned on January 25, 2025 after being confirmed by the US Senate for the position of Secretary of Homeland Security. [1] Even before the pending nomination, Noem was term-limited and thus ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
Republican Kristi Noem has been serving as Governor of South Dakota since January 5, 2019, according to Ballotpedia. She is currently in her second term, which ends in January 2027.
There will be lots of history made if South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is confirmed as secretary of the Department of ... a Canton legislator who served 16 years in Pierre but was term-limited in ...
The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), putting her at the center of an administration focused ...
Governor Kristi Noem was re-elected in 2022 with 62% of the vote. She resigned to take the position of Secretary of Homeland Security. Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden was sworn in as governor on January 25, 2025, following Noem's resignation. [128] Rhoden has not yet announced whether he'll seek a full term as governor. [129]
On January 25, 2025, Kristi Noem resigned to become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the Cabinet of President Donald Trump. South Dakota's longest-serving governor was Bill Janklow; he was the first governor to complete two four-year terms, and he did it twice, serving from 1979 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 2003. [12]