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Burt Tulson

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Burt Tulson
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Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 2
Successor: Kaleb Weis

Personal
Profession
Semi-Retired Contractor

Burt Tulson is a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 2 from 2011 to 2019.

Tulson was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the South Dakota House of Representatives because of term limits.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Dakota committee assignments, 2017
Education
Local Government, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Tulson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Tulson served on the following committees:

2011-2012

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2018

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

Burt Tulson was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2016

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016.

Incumbent Lana Greenfield and incumbent Burt Tulson defeated John Graham in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 general election.[1][2]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Lana Greenfield Incumbent 38.62% 6,225
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Burt Tulson Incumbent 38.59% 6,220
     Democratic John Graham 22.79% 3,673
Total Votes 16,118
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


John Graham ran unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 Democratic primary.[3][4]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John Graham  (unopposed)


Incumbent Burt Tulson and incumbent Lana Greenfield were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary.[3][4]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Burt Tulson Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Lana Greenfield Incumbent

2014

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Natasha Noethlich and John Graham were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Burt Tulson and Lana Greenfield were unopposed in the Republican primary. Greenfield and Tulson defeated Noethlich and Graham in the general election.[5][6][7]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLana Greenfield 30.3% 4,364
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBurt Tulson Incumbent 27.2% 3,922
     Democratic Natasha Noethlich 26% 3,752
     Democratic John Graham 16.5% 2,374
Total Votes 14,412
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

2012

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Tulson won re-election in the 2012 election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 2. Tulson ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 5 and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrock Greenfield Incumbent 33.5% 6,049
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBurt Tulson Incumbent 27.7% 5,000
     Democratic Dennis Nemmers 20% 3,619
     Democratic Danny Miles 18.8% 3,391
Total Votes 18,059

2010

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Tulson and Brock Greenfield (R) won election in the November 2 general election.[9]

South Dakota State House, District 6 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Brock Greenfield (R) 4,991 53.49%
Green check mark transparent.png Burt Tulson (R) 4,339 46.51%

Campaign finance summary


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Burt Tulson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2Won $9,268 N/A**
2014South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2Won $12,832 N/A**
2012South Dakota House of Representatives, District 2Won $8,125 N/A**
2010South Dakota House of Representatives, District 6Won $594 N/A**
Grand total$30,819 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the South Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 9 through March 26.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
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2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Kristi Noem (R)
South Dakota House of Representatives District 2
2011–2019
Succeeded by
Kaleb Weis (R)


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jon Hansen
Majority Leader:Scott Odenbach
Minority Leader:Erin Healy
Representatives
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Kent Roe (R)
District 5
Matt Roby (R)
District 6
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District 26A
District 26B
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District 28A
Jana Hunt (R)
District 28B
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District 35
Republican Party (63)
Democratic Party (6)