David Lust

Lust was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Dartmouth College. He worked at an international development consulting firm in Chicago, Illinois for three years before returning to South Dakota to attend the University of South Dakota School of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor in 1997.

Lust graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1997. He served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Richard Battey of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. He also worked as a partner at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP.

When incumbent Republican Representative Elizabeth Kraus resigned from the South Dakota House of Representatives, Lust and incumbent Representative Ed McLaughlin were unopposed for the June 6, 2006 Republican primary,{{cite web|title=South Dakota Republican Legislative Primary Election June 6, 2006 Official Canvass|url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo06_Republicanprimaryreturns.shtm|url-status=dead|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103312/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_Republicanprimaryreturns.shtm|archive-date=January 16, 2014}} and won the November 7, 2006 general election, where Lust took the first seat with 5,576 votes (33.9%) and Representative McLaughlin took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Suzy Dennis and Justin Lena.{{cite web|title=2006 General Election Official Returns for Legislature|url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo06_GElegislativereturns.shtm|url-status=dead|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103320/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_GElegislativereturns.shtm|archive-date=January 16, 2014}} Lust was re-elected in 2008, 2010, and 2012. He left office in January 2015.{{cite web|title=2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010|url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_general2010_leg.shtm|url-status=dead|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm|archive-date=January 16, 2014}}{{cite web|title=2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008|url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm|url-status=dead|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm|archive-date=January 16, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012|url=http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?eid=4&type=LEG&map=DIST|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014}}{{cite web|title=2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008|url=http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=/elections/pastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm|url-status=dead|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm|archive-date=January 16, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Official Results General Election November 6, 2012|url=http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|access-date=January 22, 2014}}

Lust served as House Majority Whip in the 2009 and 2010 legislative sessions, and as House Majority Leader from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Historical/Legislator/Profile/3766 |title=David Lust |publisher=South Dakota Historical Legislator Listing |access-date=2021-07-26}}

On September 26, 2016, Lust was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard to replace Rep. Dan Dryden in the South Dakota House of Representatives. He served until January 2019.{{cite web |url= https://ballotpedia.org/David_Lust |title= David Lust |publisher=ballotpedia.org |access-date= July 17, 2021}}

He died of a cardiac event on July 23, 2021, in Rapid City, South Dakota, at age 53.{{cite web|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/07/23/former-south-dakota-house-lawmaker-david-lust-dies-july-16/8075775002/ |title=David Lust, past South Dakota lawmaker, dies of suspected heart attack |publisher=Argusleader.com |date=2021-07-23 |access-date=2021-07-23}}

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