Doug Barthel

{{Short description|Politician in the South Dakota State House}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Doug Barthel

| state_house = South Dakota

| district = 10th

| term_start = 2017

| term_end = 2023

| alongside= Steven Haugaard (2017-present)

| party = Republican

| children = 2

| spouse = Patty

}}

Doug Barthel is an American politician and former law enforcement officer serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 10th district.

Career

Barthel served as the police chief in the Sioux Falls Police Department. He also worked as a public affairs specialist at Sanford Health.{{Cite web|title=SDLRC - Representative Doug Barthel - 2019|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2019&Member=1619&Cleaned=True#divBills|access-date=2020-08-14|website=sdlegislature.gov}}{{Cite web|last=Haiar|first=Joshua|title=Meet the Candidates: Doug Barthel|url=https://listen.sdpb.org/post/meet-candidates-doug-barthel-0|access-date=2020-08-14|website=listen.sdpb.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-01-09|title=Words of wisdom from 2 lawmakers|url=https://news.sanfordhealth.org/faces-of-sanford-health/legislative-words-of-wisdom/|access-date=2020-03-25|website=Sanford Health News|language=en}}

Barthel was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2016 and assumed office in 2017.{{cite news|title=2018 General State Canvass Final Certificate|publisher=sdsos.gov|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2018GeneralElectionCanvassPDF.pdf|access-date=July 31, 2021}} He was re-elected in 2018 & 2020. Barthel is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and House Local Government Committee.{{Cite web|title=Doug Barthel|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Barthel|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}

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