South Dakota House of Representatives
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The '''South Dakota House of Representatives''' is the lower house of the [[South Dakota State Legislature]]. It is made up of 70 members, two from each legislative district. Two of the state's 35 legislative districts, Districts 26 and 28, are each subdivided into two single-member districts (26A/26B and 28A/28B).
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| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" | '''Members'''<br>
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|{{American politics/party colours/Republican}}|
| [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]]
| 50
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Democratic}}|
| [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| 20
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | '''Total'''<br>
| '''70'''
|}
==Leadership==
:''See also: [[List of Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives]]''
The presiding officer of the house is the Speaker of the House, elected by the members. The current Speaker is Republican [[Thomas Deadrick]] of [[Platte, South Dakota|Platte]]. Unlike in most other states, there is a [[Convention (norm)|convention]] of speakers serving only one term as speaker, before handing over to a successor.
In addition, the house also elects a Speaker Pro Tempore, who presides in the absence of the speaker and traditionally succeeds the speaker in the next legislature. The current Speaker Pro Tempore is Tim Rave, a Republican from [[Baltic, South Dakota|Baltic]].
In addition, each party selects a floor leader. The current majority leader is Larry Rhoden (R) of [[Union Center, South Dakota|Union Center]]; the minority leader is [[Dale Hargens]] (D) of [[Miller, South Dakota|Miller]]. In addition, each party selects a number of whips to aid the floor leaders in leading their respective caucuses.
==See also==
*[[South Dakota State Legislature#House of Representatives|List of current members of the South Dakota House of Representatives]]
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[[Category:Government of South Dakota]]
[[Category:Pierre, South Dakota]]
[[Category:State lower houses in the United States]]