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John Mills (South Dakota)

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John Mills
Republican Party
Prior offices:
South Dakota House of Representatives District 8
Years in office: 2023 - 2025
South Dakota House of Representatives District 4
Years in office: 2017 - 2023
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022

John Mills (Republican Party) was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 8. He assumed office on January 10, 2023. He left office on January 14, 2025.

Mills (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 8. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

John Mills was born in South Dakota. Mills' career experience includes working in construction, real estate development, and property management.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Mills was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Mills was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Mills was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

South Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Commerce and Energy
• Taxation

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

2024

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024

John Mills was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2022

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Tim Reisch and incumbent John Mills won election in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tim Reisch
Tim Reisch (R)
 
52.1
 
7,002
✔
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John Mills (R)
 
47.9
 
6,445

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,447
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)

Tim Reisch and incumbent John Mills defeated Lecia Summerer in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 8 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Tim Reisch
 
52.4
 
3,188
✔
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John Mills
 
30.9
 
1,878
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Lecia Summerer
 
16.7
 
1,019

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Total votes: 6,085
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent Fred Deutsch and incumbent John Mills defeated Becky Holtquist in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Fred Deutsch (R)
 
42.9
 
8,012
✔
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John Mills (R)
 
37.5
 
7,001
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Becky Holtquist (D)
 
19.5
 
3,642

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Total votes: 18,655
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Becky Holtquist advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Fred Deutsch and incumbent John Mills advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4.

2018

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 (2 seats)

Fred Deutsch and incumbent John Mills defeated Kathy Tyler, Jim Chilson, and Daryl Root in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Fred Deutsch (R)
 
32.3
 
5,934
✔
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John Mills (R)
 
28.8
 
5,285
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Kathy Tyler (D)
 
21.8
 
4,002
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Jim Chilson (D)
 
14.6
 
2,674
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Daryl Root (L)
 
2.5
 
457

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Total votes: 18,352
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 (2 seats)

Jim Chilson and Melissa Meidinger advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 on June 5, 2018.

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Melissa Meidinger

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 (2 seats)

Incumbent John Mills and Fred Deutsch advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
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John Mills
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Fred Deutsch

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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. Incumbents John Wiik (R) and Fred Deutsch (R) did not seek re-election.

Jason Kettwig and John Mills defeated Peggy Schuelke and Matt Rosdahl in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 general election.[2][3]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jason Kettwig 31.40% 6,050
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Mills 30.92% 5,959
     Democratic Peggy Schuelke 22.71% 4,377
     Democratic Matt Rosdahl 14.97% 2,884
Total Votes 19,270
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


Matt Rosdahl and Peggy Schuelke were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 Democratic primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Matt Rosdahl
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peggy Schuelke


Jason Kettwig ran unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 4 Republican primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jason Kettwig  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

John Mills did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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John Mills campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022South Dakota House of Representatives District 8Won general$6,150 $0
2020South Dakota House of Representatives District 4Won general$13,500 N/A**
2018South Dakota House of Representatives District 4Won general$18,593 N/A**
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 4Won $24,031 N/A**
Grand total$62,274 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election 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

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in South Dakota

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dakota News Now, "SD State Legislature Candidate Survey: John Mills," June 2, 2022
  2. ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
  3. ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvas," accessed May 2, 2017
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed December 18, 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 South Dakota Secretary of State, "State primary results," accessed June 7, 2016


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