The South Dakota Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The lower house is the South Dakota House of Representatives. It consists of 35 members, one representing each legislative district, who can serve up to four consecutive two-year terms. It meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre.
Composition 99th Legislature (2025)
AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocratic92nd Legislature3233598th Legislature3143599th Legislature32335Latest voting share
Officers
Position Name Party District President Pro Tem of the Senate Chris Karr Republican 11 Majority Leader Jim Mehlhaff Republican 24 Assistant Majority Leader Carl Perry Republican 34Majority Whips Randy Deibert Republican 31 Kevin Jensen Republican 16 Sue Peterson Republican 13 Tom Pischke Republican 25 Minority Leader Liz Larson Democratic 10 Assistant Minority Leader Jamie Smith Democratic 15 Minority Whip None N/A
List of current senators
DistrictNamePartyStartResidenceCounties1stRepublican2021AberdeenBrown, Day, Marshall, Roberts2ndRepublican2023BrandonBrown, Clark, Hamlin, Spink3rdRepublican2025AberdeenBrown4thRepublican2025BryantClark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts5thRepublican2025WatertownCodington6thRepublican2025TeaLincoln7thRepublican2023BrookingsBrookings8thRepublican2020MadisonLake, Miner, Moody, Sanborn9thRepublican2025HartfordMinnehaha10thDemocratic 2023Sioux FallsMinnehaha11thRepublican2025Sioux FallsMinnehaha12thRepublican2023Sioux FallsLincoln, Minnehaha13thRepublican2025Sioux FallsLincoln, Minnehaha14thRepublican2021Sioux FallsMinnehaha15thDemocratic2025Sioux FallsMinnehaha16thRepublican2025CantonLincoln, Turner, Union17thRepublican2023BurbankClay, Union18thRepublican2025YanktonClay, Yankton19thRepublican2020ScotlandBon Homme, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook20thRepublican2025MitchellDavison, Jerauld, Miner, Sanborn21stRepublican2025BonesteelAurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp22ndBrandon WipfRepublican2025Lake ByronBeadle, Kingsbury23rdRepublican2025LeolaBrown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson, Potter, Walworth24thRepublican2023PierreHughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully25thRepublican2023Dell RapidsMinnehaha26thRepublican2025Lower BruleBrule, Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd27thDemocratic2019 (term limited)Pine RidgeBennett, Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington28thRepublican2025Prairie CityButte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins, Ziebach29thRepublican2025PiedmontMeade30thRepublican2025Hot SpringsCuster, Fall River, Pennington31stRepublican2023SpearfishLawrence32ndRepublican2019 (term limited)Rapid CityPennington33rdRepublican2025Rapid CityMeade, Pennington34thRepublican2025Rapid CityPennington35thRepublican2025Rapid CityPennington
Past composition of the Senate
See also South Dakota House of Representatives Members of the South Dakota State Senate (1889–present) List of South Dakota state legislatures
Notes
External links
South Dakota Senate Roster
References