The State Central Committee is the main governing body of the South Dakota Democratic Party. It is composed of all elected State Party Officers, Executive Board members, county chairs and vice chairs, two county committeepersons, and legislative district chairs and vice chairs. The State Central Committee meets a minimum of four times per calendar year to conduct SDDP business.

Executive Board

The SDDP Executive Board works directly with the state party chair and party staff to review and recommend policy and procedures to the body of the State Central Committee. The executive board consists of the SDDP Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, along with two National Committeepersons, Young Democrats president, College Democrats president, Democratic legislative leaders and fourteen regional representatives.

Regional representatives are elected to two-year terms in regional caucuses at the State Central Committee meeting following county party elections in odd-numbered years.

Deb Knecht
Deb KnechtNational Committeewoman
Dennis Olson
Dennis OlsonNational Committeeman
Reynold Nesiba
Reynold NesibaState Senate Minority Leader
Oren Lesmeister
Oren LesmeisterState House Minority Leader
Kellen Returns F.S.
Kellen Returns F.S.Očeti Šakówin Caucus Chair
Young Dems Chair
Michael GrismerHigh School Dems Chair

Region 1

Districts 1, 2, 3, 22, 23

Lynn Moran

Steven McCleerey

Region 2

Districts 4, 5, 6, 8, 25

Mary Perpich

Scott Parsley

Region 3

Districts 9, 10, 11, 14, 15

Sheldon Osborn

Sharon Schulz-Elsing

Region 4

Districts 6, 12, 13, 16, 17

Jessica Meyers

Joseph Zweifel

Region 5

Districts 18, 19, 20, 21, 26

Carrie Ackerman-Rice

Frank Kloucek

Region 6

Districts 24, 27, 28, 29, 30

Amanda Bachmann

Wayne Ducheneaux

Region 7

Districts 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

Sandra White Shield

Jay Davis

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