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Scott Munsterman
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Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 7

Personal
Profession
Chiropractor

Scott Munsterman is a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 7 from 2011 to 2017. He served as Majority Whip in 2014.

Munsterman did not seek re-election to the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2016.

Biography

Munsterman has worked as a chiropractor, a small business owner, and was elected to be mayor of the City of Brookings.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Munsterman 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 Scott Munsterman (R) did not seek re-election.

Tim Reed and incumbent Spencer Hawley defeated Linda Brandt in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 general election.[1][2]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tim Reed 41.50% 5,457
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Spencer Hawley Incumbent 36.42% 4,788
     Democratic Linda Brandt 22.08% 2,903
Total Votes 13,148
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


Incumbent Spencer Hawley and Linda Brandt were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 Democratic primary.[3][4]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Spencer Hawley Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Brandt


Tim Reed ran unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 7 Republican primary.[3][4]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tim Reed  (unopposed)

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. Incumbent Spencer Hawley and Steven Binkley were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Scott Munsterman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Binkley withdrew after the primary. Hawley and Munsterman were unopposed in the general election.[5][6][7]

2012

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Munsterman won re-election in the 2012 election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 7. Munsterman 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 7, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngScott Munsterman Incumbent 33.3% 4,894
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSpencer Hawley Incumbent 31.3% 4,610
     Democratic Linda Brandt 19.6% 2,884
     Republican Brian Roehrich 15.8% 2,322
Total Votes 14,710

2010

Munsterman and Spencer Hawley (D) won election in the November 2 general election.[9]

South Dakota State House, District 7 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Scott Munsterman (R) 4,925 34.41%
Green check mark transparent.png Spencer Hawley (D) 4,038 28.22%
Michael D. Bartley (R) 3,194 22.32%
Harold W. Widvey (D) 2,154 15.05%

Campaign finance summary


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Scott Munsterman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7Won $1,850 N/A**
2012South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7Won $16,561 N/A**
2010South Dakota House of Representatives, District 7Won $203,087 N/A**
Grand total$221,498 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

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

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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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2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Personal

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Munsterman and his wife Mary Jeanne currently reside in the City of Brookings.[11]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Larry Tidemann (R), Carol Pitts (R)
South Dakota House of Representatives District 7
2011–2017
Succeeded by
Tim Reed (R)


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jon Hansen
Majority Leader:Scott Odenbach
Minority Leader:Erin Healy
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Kent Roe (R)
District 5
Matt Roby (R)
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26A
District 26B
District 27
District 28A
Jana Hunt (R)
District 28B
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (64)
Democratic Party (6)