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Don Haggar

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Don Haggar
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Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 10

Education

Bachelor's

T. F. Riggs High School

Graduate

University of South Dakota

Personal
Profession
Insurance Business

Don Haggar is a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 10 from 2013 to 2017. Haggar served as majority whip, beginning in 2015.

On June 27, 2017, Haggar announced that he would resign from the state House in order to take a position as state director of Americans for Prosperity.[1]

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
Legislative Procedure, Vice chair
Retirement Laws, Vice chair
State Affairs
Taxation, Chair
Joint Legislative Procedure, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Haggar 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

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 Steven Haugaard and incumbent Don Haggar defeated Paul Vanderlinde and Dean Kurtz in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 general election.[2][3]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven Haugaard Incumbent 32.36% 5,838
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Don Haggar Incumbent 30.40% 5,484
     Democratic Paul Vanderlinde 19.05% 3,437
     Democratic Dean Kurtz 18.20% 3,283
Total Votes 18,042
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


Dean Kurtz and Paul Vanderlinde were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 Democratic primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dean Kurtz
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Paul Vanderlinde


Incumbent Don Haggar and incumbent Steven Haugaard were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 Republican primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Don Haggar Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Steven Haugaard 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. Jo Hausman and James Wrigg were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Don Haggar and Steven Haugaard were unopposed in the Republican primary. Haggar and Haugaard defeated Wrigg and Hausman in the general election.[6][7][8]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDon Haggar Incumbent 32.8% 3,774
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Haugaard 31% 3,574
     Democratic Jo Hausman 20.9% 2,402
     Democratic James Wrigg 15.4% 1,769
Total Votes 11,519
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State

2012

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Haggar won election in the 2012 election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 10. Haggar advanced past the Republican primary on June 5 and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJenna Haggar Incumbent 31.5% 5,316
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDon Haggar 27.4% 4,620
     Democratic Jo Hausman 23.5% 3,959
     Democratic Brian Parsons 17.7% 2,983
Total Votes 16,878
South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJenna Haggar 42.7% 623
Green check mark transparent.pngDon Haggar 31.3% 457
Dave Munson 26% 380
Total Votes 1,460

Campaign finance summary


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Don Haggar campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10Won $5,805 N/A**
2014South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10Won $9,725 N/A**
2012South Dakota House of Representatives, District 10Won $8,160 N/A**
Grand total$23,690 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.

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2017

In 2017, the South Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 27. The legislature held a special session on June 12.

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2015


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2013


Personal

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Haggar and his wife, Michele, have four children, one of whom, Jenna, is the youngest female legislator in South Dakota history.[11]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Roger Hunt (R)
South Dakota House of Representatives District 10
2013–2017
Succeeded by
Doug Barthel (R)


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jon Hansen
Majority Leader:Scott Odenbach
Minority Leader:Erin Healy
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Jana Hunt (R)
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Democratic Party (6)