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W H AT TO K N O W A B O U T LO C A L G O V E R N M E N T
Lincoln County’s commissioners serve four-
school district. Superintendent Jane Stavem is the
year terms, and each commissioner represents
district administrator, though she ultimately reports
a geographic district. Lincoln County’s
to the school board.
commissioners include:
Joel Arends
District 1
James Jibben
District 2
Board members are elected to alternating three Michael Poppens
District 4
Jim Schmidt
District 5
Tiffani Landeen
year terms, and board elections are held yearly.
Current members include:
Cynthia Mickelson
Nan Baker
Kate Parker
Marc Murren
Carly Reiter
District 3
Minnehaha County’s commissioners also
serve four-year terms. Minnehaha County
commissioners include:
WHO A R E THE STATE L AWMA K ER S
R EP R ESENTI NG SI O UX FA L L S?
Sioux Falls has 10 state legislative districts in the
metro area. Each legislative district has a state
Jeff Barth
Cindy Heiberger
Jean Bender
Dean Karsky
Gerald Beninga
senator and two state representatives.
Below is a list of the current legislators in the metro
area, listed by district (political party listed in
W H O G OVER NS T H E S C HO O L S ?
parentheses). To figure out which district you’re in,
A five-member board oversees the Sioux Falls
you can go to the state legislature website.
School District — South Dakota’s largest public
DISTRICT 6
South of 57th St in Sioux Falls
Sen. Herman Otten (R)
Rep. Ernie Otten (R)
Rep. Aaron Aylward (R)
DISTRICT 13
South of 18th St, between
Western Ave and Cliff Ave
Sen. Jack Kolbeck (R)
Rep. Richard Thomason (R)
Rep. Sue Peterson (R)
DISTRICT 9
Northwest Sioux Falls,
Hartford
Sen. Wayne Steinhauer (R)
Rep. Bethany Soye (R)
Rep. Rhonda Milstead (R)
DISTRICT 14
Eastern Sioux Falls between
10th St and 57th St
Sen. Larry Zikmund (R)
Rep. Erin Healy (D)
Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt (R)
DISTRICT 10
Northeast of Sioux Falls
Sen. Maggie Sutton (R)
Rep. Doug Barthel (R)
Rep. Steven Haugaard (R)
DISTRICT 15
North-central Sioux Falls,
including downtown
Sen. Reynold Nesiba (D)
Rep. Jamie Smith (D)
Rep. Linda Duba (D)
DISTRICT 11
Western Sioux Falls
Sen. Herman Otten (R)
Rep. Ernie Otten (R)
Rep. Aaron Aylward (R)
DISTRICT 16
South of Sioux Falls along
the Iowa border
Sen. Jim Bolin (R)
Rep. David Anderson (R)
Rep. Kevin Jensen (R)
DISTRICT 12
South of 18th St, between
Marion Rd and Western Ave
Sen. Blake Curd (R)
Rep. Greg Jamison (R)
Rep. Arch Beal (R)
DISTRICT 25
North and northeast of Sioux
Falls, including Dell Rapids,
Garretson and Valley Springs
Sen. Marsha Symens (R)
Rep. Jon Hansen (R)
Rep. Tom Pischke (R)
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