Matt Michels

Matt Michels


38th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2011
Governor	Dennis Daugaard
Preceded by	Dennis Daugaard
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives
In office January 2003 – January 2007
Preceded by	Scott Eccarius
Succeeded by	Thomas Deadrick
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 55–56) Pierre, South Dakota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Karen Michels
Children	Collin
Alma mater	University of South Dakota
Religion	Episcopalianism

Matt Michels is the 38th and current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and formerly the Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives. He and running mate Dennis Daugaard were elected in the general election on November 2, 2010^[1]^[2] and re-elected on November 4, 2014. Michels is a Republican.

Electoral history

South Dakota House of Representatives District 18 Election, 2002
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Matt Michels	5,724	35.31
Republican	Jean Hunhoff	4,699	28.98
Democratic	Scott Swier	4,234	26.11
Democratic	Jay Blankenfield	1,556	9.60

South Dakota House of Representatives District 18 Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Matt Michels	6,866	53.39
Republican	Jean Hunhoff	5,993	46.61

References

External links

Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels Homepage

Political offices
Preceded by Scott Eccarius	Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives 2003–2007	Succeeded by Thomas Deadrick
Preceded by Dennis Daugaard	Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota 2011–present	Incumbent

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota

Governors	Mellette Sheldon Lee Herreid Elrod Crawford Vessey Byrne Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Bulow Green Berry Jensen Bushfield Sharpe G.T. Mickelson Anderson Foss Herseth Gubbrud Boe Farrar Kneip Wollman Janklow G.S. Mickelson Miller Janklow Rounds Daugaard

Lieutenant Governors	Fletcher Hoffman Herreid Hindman Kean Snow McDougall Shober Byrne Abel Norbeck McMaster Gunderson Forney Covey Coyne J. Grigsby Whitney Ustrud Peterson McMurchie A. Miller S. Grigsby Terry Houck Lindley Bottum Boe Overpeck Abdnor Dougherty Wollman Hansen W. Miller Kirby Hillard Daugaard Michels

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D)

AL Kay Ivey (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R)¹ AR Tim Griffin (R) CA Gavin Newsom (D) CO Donna Lynne (D) CT Nancy Wyman (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D)¹ FL Carlos López-Cantera (R) GA Casey Cagle (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Brad Little (R) IL Evelyn Sanguinetti (R) IN Eric Holcomb (R) IA Kim Reynolds (R) KS Jeff Colyer (R) KY Jenean Hampton (R) LA Billy Nungesser (R) ME Michael Thibodeau (R)² MD Boyd Rutherford (R) MA Karyn Polito (R) MI Brian Calley (R) MN Tina Smith (D) MS Tate Reeves (R) MO Peter Kinder (R) MT Mike Cooney (D) NE Mike Foley (R) NV Mark Hutchison (R) NH Chuck Morse (R)² NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM John Sanchez (R) NY Kathy Hochul (D) NC Dan Forest (R) ND Brent Sanford (R) OH Mary Taylor (R) OK Todd Lamb (R) OR Ted Wheeler (D)⁴ PA Michael Stack (D) RI Daniel McKee (D) SC Henry McMaster (R) SD Matt Michels (R) TN Ron Ramsey (R)² TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Phil Scott (R) VA Ralph Northam (D) WA Brad Owen (D) WV Bill Cole (R)² WI Rebecca Kleefisch (R) WY Ed Murray (R)¹ DC Phil Mendelson (D)³ Territories: AS Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Victor Hocog (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D)¹ VI Osbert Potter (I)

Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors: 1. Secretary of State 2. Senate President 3. Council Chair 4. Treasurer Political party affiliation: Republican: 38 Democratic: 17 Independent: 1

Current elected statewide political officials of South Dakota

U.S. Senators	Mike Rounds (R) John Thune (R)

U.S. Representatives	Kristi Noem (R), Representative At-Large

State government	Dennis Daugaard (R), Governor Matt Michels (R), Lieutenant Governor Jason Gant (R), Secretary of State Marty Jackley (R), Attorney General Rich Sattgast (R), State Auditor Vernon Larson (R), State Treasurer

Senate	Bob Gray (R), President pro tempore Russell Olson (R), Majority Leader Jason Frerichs (D), Minority Leader

House	Val Rausch (R), Speaker Brian Gosch (R), Speaker pro tempore David Lust (R), Majority Leader Bernie Hunhoff (D), Minority Leader

Supreme Court (appointed)	David Gilbertson, Chief Justice Steven L. Zinter Glen A. Severson Lori S. Wilbur Janine M. Kern

Members of the South Dakota State Senate

South Dakota Legislature (2015–2016)

President of the Senate: Matt Michels (R)
President pro Tempore: Corey Brown (R)
Majority Leader: Tim Rave (R)
Minority Leader: Jason Frerichs (D)

Jason Frerichs (D)
Brock Greenfield (R)
David Novstrup (R)
Jim Peterson (D)
Ried Holien (R)
Ernie Otten (R)
Larry Tidemann (R)
Scott Parsley (D)
Deb Peters (R)
Jenna Haggar (R)
Todd Schlekeway (R)
Blake Curd (R)
Phyllis Heineman (R)
Deb Soholt (R)
Angie Buhl (D)
William Shorma (R)
Arthur Rusch (R)
Bernie Hunhoff (D)
Bill Van Gerpen (R)
Mike Vehle (R)
Billie Sutton (D)
Jim White (R)
Corey Brown (R)
Jeff Monroe (R)
Tim Rave (R)
Troy Heinert (D)
Jim Bradford (D)
Betty Olson (R)
Gary Cammack (R)
Bruce Rampelberg (R)
Bob Ewing (R)
Alan Solano (R)
Phil Jensen (R)
Craig Tieszen (R)
Terri Haverly (R)

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