Charles B. Hoffman (born January 7, 1960) is an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 23 since January 12, 2021 and previously held the same seat from January 2009 to January 2015. During his second two-year term (2011–12), he served as the House's

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Early life and education

Hoffman was born in Montclair,

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. He attended

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(NSU) and

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. While at NSU, he met a fellow student named Holly Wanner. They got married in 1985, and together, they have three children: Austin (born 1985), a

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;

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(born 1987), also a TV journalist and a former

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in the

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circuit; and Elizabeth (born 1990), also a former beauty queen. Hoffman and Holly divorced in 2018. Hoffman lives on a

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outside

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Election history

*2020 Hoffman was elected with 6,791 votes and Spencer Gosch was re-elected with 8,325 votes;. Gosch won the

primary election with 3,107 votes along with

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who received 2,709 votes while James Wangsness received 1,072 votes and Kevin Watts received 755 votes. *2016 In the

primary, Hoffman was defeated by Spencer Gosch who received 2,135 votes and John Lake who received 2,466 votes while Hoffman received 1,706 votes and

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received 1,607 votes. *2012: Hoffman and Representative

Justin Cronin Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ''Mary and O'Neil'' and ''The Summer Guest'', as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of ''The Passage,'' '' The Twelve'' and '' City of Mirrors''. He has won the Heming ...

were unopposed for both the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and the November 6, 2012 General election, where Hoffman took the first seat with 6,831 votes (51.5%) and Representative Cronin took the second seat. *2010: Hoffman and Representative Cronin were unopposed for both the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and the November 2, 2010 General election, where Representative Cronin took the first seat and Hoffman took the second seat with 4,812 votes (47.39%). *2008: When District 23 incumbent Republican Representative Tom Hackl ran for

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and

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left the Legislature leaving both District 23 seats open, Hoffman ran in the June 3, 2008 Republican Primary; in the five-way November 4, 2008 General election fellow Republican nominee Justin Cronin took the first seat and Hoffman took the second seat with 4,897 votes (32%) ahead of Democratic nominees Orland Geigle, Leonard Linde, and

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candidate Wayne Schmidt.

In media

Hoffman's then-wife Holly was a contestant on '' Survivor: Nicaragua'' in 2010. In the series' fourteenth episode, he appeared as a "loved one" for a reward challenge. Ultimately, the Hoffmans were one of the pairs chosen by

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, the challenge winner, to join him (and his mother) in partaking the reward.''Survivor: Nicaragua'', episode "This is Going to Hurt", CBS, December 15, 2010

References

External links

Official page
at the

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* 1960 births Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives Politicians from Montclair, New Jersey People from Eureka, South Dakota Northern State University alumni Yankton College alumni {{SouthDakota-politician-stub