Kristi Noem, born in South Dakota in 1971, is a prominent American politician. She ascended to the role of the first female governor of South Dakota in 2018 and secured re-election in 2022.

South Dakota House Speaker Jon Hansen and Speaker Pro Tempore Karla Lems announced their candidacies for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. The pair are campaigning on an anti ...

A Dell Rapids lawyer, Hansen has spent a decade in the South Dakota House of Representatives. The 39-year-old was elected House speaker for the most recent legislative session after serving as ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — For more than a decade, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson has crisscrossed South Dakota and the country — from Mitchell to Pierre, Washington, D.C. and back — balancing public ...