The governor of South Dakota has the support of her husband, who is the First Gentleman of the state. Learn more about Bryon.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a former congresswoman,

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...

PIERRE — It's Gov. Larry Rhoden now. Rhoden, previously the lieutenant governor of South Dakota under former Gov. Kristi Noem, officially succeeded to governor of South Dakota during a private ...

Following Governor Kristi Noem’s appointment to Secretary of Homeland Security, Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden succeeded to governor of South Dakota. Rhoden received Noem’s resignation as governor and succeeded immediately following the vote by the United States Senate.

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South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden did not deviate greatly from Noem's executive agenda, but there are early differences between the administrations.

The South Dakota Senate Select Committee on the Nomination for Lt. Governor moved Tony Venhuizen’s lieutenant governor nomination to the full Senate Wednesday (Jan. 29, 2025) with a 5-0 vote. Gov. Larry Rhoden told the committee he chose Venhuizen for his experience and shared values.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security ...

There was a time when newly-sworn-in South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden was in awe to have had an interaction with the governor of South Dakota. “I thought, ‘Wow, the governor of South Dakota just held the door open for me so I could get into the capitol,