South Dakota State Senate District 24 (unopposed)

Current seat holder: Jim Mehlhaff (R).

Jim Mehlhaff

Jim Mehlhaff Mehlhaff began serving as Senate majority leader on January 15, 2025. Jim Mehlhaff's career experience including owning a business and working in state government. Mehlhaff served on the St. Joseph School Board. Serves in the South Dakota State Senate representing District 24. Occupation: Retired.

“We're cutting PBS, we're cutting the state library, we're cutting maintenance and repair on our public buildings, we're cutting veterans service officers — we're cutting all over the place. There's just a lot of members in the Senate that didn't think it was appropriate to dig up $4 million to start a new program.” (South Dakota Searchlight)
“We decided we just don't want to go down that bunny trail over in the Senate this time.” (South Dakota Searchlight)