Dick Werner

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Dick Werner

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|state_house= South Dakota

|district = 22nd{{cite web |url= http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=516 |title= Dick Werner |publisher= South Dakota Legislature |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 10, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201525/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=516 |archive-date= January 1, 2014 |url-status= dead }}

|term_start = January 11, 2013

|term_end = January 10, 2017

|predecessor= Jim White

|successor = Bob Glanzer

|alongside = Peggy Gibson

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|12|2}}

|birth_place= Herreid, South Dakota

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|nationality= American

|party = Republican

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|residence = Huron, South Dakota

|alma_mater = University of South Dakota

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Richard Edward Werner{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/101253 |title= Dick Werner's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 10, 2014}} (born December 2, 1957) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 22 from 2013 until 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3875|title = South Dakota Legislature}}

Education, Life

Werner graduated from the University of South Dakota. Werner is a Member of the Local Lions Chapter in Huron.{{Cite web |url=http://dickwerner.com/about.html |title=Re-Elect Dick Werner 2012 for South Dakota State House |access-date=2015-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202200347/http://dickwerner.com/about.html |archive-date=2015-02-02 |url-status=dead }}

Elections

2012 When incumbent Republican Representative Jim White ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 22 seat open, Werner ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first by 1 vote with 725 votes; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, incumbent Democratic Representative Peggy Gibson took the first seat and Werner took the second seat with 4,344 votes (25.05%) ahead of Democratic nominee Dale Hargens and fellow Republican nominee Jay Slater.{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 10, 2014}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201525/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=516 Official page] at the South Dakota Legislature
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Category:Living people

Category:Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives

Category:People from Huron, South Dakota

Category:People from Campbell County, South Dakota

Category:University of South Dakota alumni

Category:1957 births

Category:21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature