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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem [1] (/ n oʊ m / NOHM; [2] née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who has served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from ...
Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [3] The Republican Party has been in control of the governorship continuously since 1979, Democrats last won the governorship of South Dakota in 1974. This is the longest drought of any state where the opposite party last held the office.
Mickelson served as South Dakota State Assistant Attorney General (1967–68) and South Dakota State Attorney, Brookings County (1971–74). First elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 1974, he held office there for six years, serving as Speaker for the final two years. Mickelson was elected governor in 1986 and reelected four ...
Direct admissions pilot project. Starting in fall 2024, some South Dakota public universities plan to proactively admit high school juniors to select programs based on the students’ transcript.
Critics, including Democrats and Native American tribes in her state, as well as some senators, have argued that as governor of South Dakota, a state far from the U.S. southern border with only 5% ...
Kristi Noem' political career, from South Dakota's House to Congress Noem’s first electoral victory came in 2006, when she was elected to the 6th district seat in the South Dakota House of ...
The governor of South Dakota is the head of government of South Dakota. [5] The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election . [ 1 ] The current governor is Kristi Noem , a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 5, 2019.
Rhoden is the 39th lieutenant governor of South Dakota. He is currently in his second consecutive term as Noem's lieutenant governor after being sworn in Jan. 5, 2019, following their first ...