South Dakota's 8th legislative district

American legislative district

South Dakota's 8th
State Senate district

South Dakota's 8th legislative district is one of 35 districts in the South Dakota Legislature. Each district is represented by 1 senator and 2 representatives. In the Senate, it has been represented by Republican Casey Crabtree since his appointment in 2020. In the House, it has been represented by Republicans John Mills since 2017 and Tim Reisch since 2023.[1]

Geography

The district is located in eastern South Dakota. It contains the counties of Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, and Miner. Its largest city is Madison.[2]

Recent elections

South Dakota legislators are elected to two-year terms, with each permitted to serve a maximum of four consecutive terms.[3] Elections are held every even-numbered year.

State senate elections

Year Incumbent Party First
elected 		Result General election Primary elections
2022 Casey Crabtree Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Casey Crabtree (Republican) 100%
  • Republican:
  • ▌Green tickY Casey Crabtree (inc.) 79.0%
  • ▌ Heather DeVries 79.0%
2020 Casey Crabtree Republican (appointed) Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Casey Crabtree (Republican) 100%
 (unopposed)
2018 Jordan Youngberg Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Jordan Youngberg (Republican) 55.2%
  • ▌ Scott Parsley (Democratic) 44.8%
 (both candidates unopposed)
2016 Scott Parsley Democratic 2014 Incumbent defeated.
Republican gain.
(both candidates unopposed)
2014 Chuck Jones Republican (appointed) Incumbent defeated.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Scott Parsley (Democratic) 52%
  • ▌ Chuck Jones (Republican) 48%
 (both candidates unopposed)
2012 Russell Olson Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Russell Olson (Republican) 63.4%
  • ▌ Charles Johnson (Democratic) 36.6%
 (both candidates unopposed)

References

  1. ^ "Casey Crabtree". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "LRC Maps". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Article III, § 6 of the South Dakota Constitution" (PDF). sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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List of South Dakota legislative districts
Each district elects one Senator and two members of the House. 33 districts elect their House members at-large, and districts 26 and 28 are split into 2 sub-districts.
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Members of the South Dakota Senate
South Dakota Legislature (2023–present)
President of the Senate
Larry Rhoden (R)
President pro tempore
Lee Schoenbeck (R)
Majority Leader
Casey Crabtree (R)
Minority Leader
Reynold Nesiba (D)
  1. ▌Michael Rohl (R)
  2. ▌Steve Kolbeck (R)
  3. ▌Al Novstrup (R)
  4. ▌John Wiik (R)
  5. ▌Lee Schoenbeck (R)
  6. ▌Herman Otten (R)
  7. ▌Tim Reed (R)
  8. ▌Casey Crabtree (R)
  9. ▌Brent "B.R." Hoffman (R)
  10. ▌Liz Larson (D)
  11. ▌Jim Stalzer (R)
  12. ▌Arch Beal (R)
  13. ▌Jack Kolbeck (R)
  14. ▌Larry Zikmund (R)
  15. ▌Reynold Nesiba (D)
  16. ▌Jim Bolin (R)
  17. ▌Sydney Davis (R)
  18. ▌Jean Hunhoff (R)
  19. ▌Kyle Schoenfish (R)
  20. ▌Joshua Klumb (R)
  21. ▌Erin Tobin (R)
  22. ▌David Wheeler (R)
  23. ▌Bryan Breitling (R)
  24. ▌Jim Mehlhaff (R)
  25. ▌Tom Pischke (R)
  26. ▌Shawn Bordeaux (D)
  27. ▌Red Dawn Foster (D)
  28. ▌Ryan Maher (R)
  29. ▌Dean Wink (R)
  30. ▌Julie Frye-Mueller (R)
  31. ▌Randy Deibert (R)
  32. ▌Helene Duhamel (R)
  33. ▌David Johnson (R)
  34. ▌Michael Diedrich (R)
  35. ▌Mike Walsh (R)
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South Dakota Legislature (2023–present)
Speaker of the House
Hugh Bartels (R-5)
Speaker pro tempore
Mike Stevens (R-18)
Majority Leader
Will Mortenson (R-24)

Minority Leader
Oren Lesmeister (D-28)