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Kristi Golden
Image of Kristi Golden
Elections and appointments
Last election

June 4, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Sioux Falls, 1998

Personal
Birthplace
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Consulting
Contact

Kristi Golden (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 9. She lost in the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.

Golden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kristi Golden was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Sioux Falls in 1998. Her career experience includes working in consulting.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)

Tesa Schwans and incumbent Bethany Soye defeated Beverly Froslie Johnson in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tesa Schwans
Tesa Schwans (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.5
 
6,560
Image of Bethany Soye
Bethany Soye (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.0
 
6,473
Beverly Froslie Johnson (D)
 
23.5
 
4,003

Total votes: 17,036
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Beverly Froslie Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 9.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)

Incumbent Bethany Soye and Tesa Schwans defeated Kristi Golden and Daryl Christensen in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 9 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bethany Soye
Bethany Soye Candidate Connection
 
35.5
 
978
Image of Tesa Schwans
Tesa Schwans Candidate Connection
 
27.7
 
764
Image of Kristi Golden
Kristi Golden Candidate Connection
 
20.4
 
563
Image of Daryl Christensen
Daryl Christensen Candidate Connection
 
16.3
 
450

Total votes: 2,755
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Golden in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Kristi Golden completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Golden's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I was born and raised in South Dakota with a love for the values that make this a great place to live, work, worship, and raise my family.

I support strong, healthy families, fiscally conservative management of our resources, and investing in our state's future.

I'm proud to have deep South Dakota roots and strong core values.
Pro-life, work force development, strong business climate, reducing unnecessary regulation.
As an elected official, you've received the trust of the voter to represent them to the best of your ability. It is important to have a strong set of core values and principles and the ability to listen to other's views and opinions.
Working with people in the district to learn about issues that are important to the District and then working to achieve those goals.
I want to be able to say I improved things in my community.
I worked in a locally owned fast food restaurant during my sophomore year in High School.
I am a breast cancer survivor - thanks to early detection.
While not required, I do think a basic understanding of the legislative process is a benefit for a new legislator. Having that knowledge allows you to have a head start over people who don't have that experience.
Government is and should be accountable to the people and that most certainly includes being transparent with financial matters.

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Campaign finance summary


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Kristi Golden campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Dakota House of Representatives District 9Lost primary$28,666 $0
Grand total$28,666 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 6, 2024


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Speaker of the House:Jon Hansen
Majority Leader:Scott Odenbach
Minority Leader:Erin Healy
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