Burt E. Tulson
(born May 22, 1947) is an American politician and a
Republican
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member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
The South Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 70 members, two from each legislative district. Two of the state's 35 legislative districts, Districts 26 and 28, are each subdivided into ...
representing District 2 since January 11, 2013. Tulson served consecutively from January 2011 until January 11, 2013 in the District 6 seat.
Elections
*2012 Redistricted to District 2 with Republican
Brock Greenfield
Brock L. Greenfield (born October 5, 1975 in Watertown, South Dakota) is an American politician serving as School and Public Lands Commissioner of South Dakota. He previously served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the S ...
, and with incumbent
Democratic Representatives
Paul Dennert
H. Paul Dennert is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 2 since 2005. He earlier served in the House from 1993 through 1996, and the South Dakota Senate
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running for
South Dakota Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the South Dakota Legislature. It consists of 35 members, one representing each legislative district; it meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre.
Composition
:''92nd Legislature (2019)''
Officers
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and
Elaine Elliot leaving the Legislature leaving both District 6 seats open, Tulson and Representative Greenfield ran unopposed in the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election Representative Greenfield took the first seat and Tulson took the second seat with 5,000 votes (27.69%) ahead of Democratic nominees Dennis Nemmers (who had run for a legislative seat in 2008 before withdrawing) and Danny Miles.
*2010 When incumbent Republican Representative
Kristi Noem
Kristi Lynn Noem (; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of South Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2019 and a member ...
ran for
United States House of Representatives
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and left a District 6 seat open, Tulson ran alongside incumbent Republican Representative Greenfield unopposed for both the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and the November 2, 2010 General election where Representative Greenfield took the first seat and Tulson took the second seat with 4,339 votes (46.51%).
References
External links
Official pageat the
South Dakota Legislature
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives
People from Hamlin County, South Dakota
1947 births
21st-century American politicians
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