Mike Stevens (South Dakota politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mike Stevens
|office = Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives
|term_start = January 10, 2023
|term_end = January 14, 2025
|predecessor = Jon Hansen
|successor = Karla Lems
|state_house1 = South Dakota
|district1 = 18th
|alongside1 = Ryan Cwach
|term_start1 = January 12, 2021
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = Jean Hunhoff
|successor1 =
|alongside2 = Jean Hunhoff
|term_start2 = January 11, 2013
|term_end2 = January 8, 2019
|predecessor2 = Nick Moser
|successor2 = Ryan Cwach
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|24}}
|birth_place =
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|education = Bethel University (BA)
University of South Dakota (JD)
}}
Mike Stevens{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/137892 |title= Mike Stevens' Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 10, 2014}} (born January 24, 1953) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 18 since January 12, 2021.{{cite web |url=http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=513 |title=Mike Stevens |publisher=South Dakota Legislature |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201501/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=513 |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3874|title = South Dakota Legislature}} Stevens also served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019, where he was elected House Majority Whip on November 15, 2014. Stevens served as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee during his first tenure in the South Dakota House of Representatives. Stevens also served on the Yankton School Board for 21 years and was the former president of the South Dakota Trial Lawyers.
Election history
- 2020 Stevens was elected with 6,778 votes; Ryan Cwach was also re-elected with 5,109 votes.{{cite news|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2020GeneralStateCanvassFinal&Certificate.pdf|title=2020 General State Canvass Final Certificate|publisher=sdsos.gov|access-date=July 31, 2021}}
- 2016 Stevens was re-elected with 6,296; Jean Hunhoff was re-elected with 5,393 votes and David Allen received 3,047 votes and Peter Rossiter received 2,250 votes.{{cite news|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2016GeneralElectionOfficialResultsStateCanvass.pdf|title=2016 General State Canvass Final Certificate|publisher=sdsos.gov|access-date=July 31, 2021}}
- 2014 Stevens was re-elected with 4,604 votes; Jean Hunhoff was also elected with 3,966 votes and Terry Winter received 2,672 votes and Jay Williams received 2,336 votes.{{cite news|url=https://sdsos.gov/docs/2014ElectionReturn.pdf|title=2014 Election Return|publisher=sdsos.gov|access-date=July 31, 2021}}
- 2012 When incumbent Republican representative Nick Moser left the Legislature and left a District 18 seat open, Stevens ran in the four-way June 5, 2012, Republican primary and placed second with 710 votes; in the four-way November 6, 2012, general election, incumbent Democratic representative Bernie Hunhoff took the first seat and Stevens took the second seat with 4,657 votes (26.21%) ahead of fellow Republican nominee Thomas Stotz and Democratic nominee Charlie Gross.{{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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201501/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=513 Official page] at the South Dakota Legislature
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- [http://blackburn-stevens-law.glfwebhosting.com/ Blackburn & Stevens Law Firm] Mike's Law Firm
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Category:21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature
Category:Politicians from Yankton, South Dakota
Category:Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Category:University of South Dakota School of Law alumni
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