Dan Dryden

Dan Dryden
South Dakota House District 34
Incumbent
In office
2011 - Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$12,000/two-year term
Per diem	$110/legislative day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
Personal
Profession	Retired School Business Manager
Websites
Office website

Dan Dryden is a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 34. Dryden was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2010.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Dryden served on the following committees:

South Dakota Committee Assignments, 2013
• Appropriations
• Joint Appropriations
• Government Operations and Audit, Chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Dryden served on the following committees:

South Dakota Committee Assignments, 2011
• Appropriations
• Joint Appropriations

Elections

2012

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dryden won re-election in the 2012 election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 34. Dryden ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 5 and won re-election in the general election on November 6, 2012.

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 34, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Lust Incumbent	35.4%	6,355
	Republican	Dan Dryden Incumbent	34.2%	6,145
	Democratic	John Willman	16.6%	2,977
	Independent	Mike Reardon	13.9%	2,500
Total Votes				17,977

2010

Dryden and David Lust (R) defeated John Willman (D) and Devin Oliver (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

South Dakota State House, District 34 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
David Lust (R)		6,157	37.75%
Dan Dryden (R)		5,638	34.56%
Devin Oliver (D)		2,290	14.04%
John C. Willman (D)		2,227	13.65%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Dryden raised $15,285 in contributions.

His three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
South Dakota Education Association	$1,250
Dryden, Dan	$1,000
Adelstein, Stanford	$1,000

Recent news

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Dan Dryden News Feed

• Special lawmaker study panels set - Daily Republic
• Lawmakers picked to study education funding, domestic violence - Rapid City Journal
• Teach For America faces questions - Rapid City Journal - Rapid City Journal (blog)
• Topics selected for lawmakers' study session - Rapid City Journal - Rapid City Journal

External links

Suggest a link

• House website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Ed McLaughlin (R)	South Dakota House of Representatives District 34 2011–present	Succeeded by NA

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