Pendulum continues to swing in South Dakota Senate with selection of new Republican leaders

By: Seth Tupper

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: November 7, 2026

Words: 513

Last Updated: 2 days, 8 hours ago

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An anticipated shakeup in South Dakota’s Republican legislative leadership has begun.

Republican senators met Friday and nominated Tim Reed of Brookings as president pro tempore and selected Casey Crabtree of Madison as majority leader and Amber Hulse of Hot Springs as assistant majority leader. As majority whips, Republican senators selected Randy Deibert of Spearfish, Helene Duhamel of Rapid City, Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre and Stephanie Sauder of Bryant.

Mehlhaff, who was previously majority leader, and …

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