Jim White (born November 22, 1944) is an American politician who served as a member of the

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 Li ...

for the 22nd district from 2013 to 2021. White served consecutively in the

South Dakota Legislature The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. It is a bicameral legislative body, consisting of the South Dakota Senate, which has 35 members, and the South Dakota House of Representatives, which ...

from January 11, 2011, until January 8, 2013, in 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 int ...

District 22 seat.

Elections

*2012 When incumbent Senate District 22 Republican Senator Tom Hansen was

term limit A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potenti ...

ed and left the District 22 seat open, White was unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 5,196 votes (54.4%) against Democratic nominee Chris Studer. *2010 To challenge House District 22 incumbent Democratic Representatives

Quinten Burg Quinten L. Burg (born 1948) is a retired American politician. He was a Democratic 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 o ...

and

Peggy Gibson Peggy Anne Gibson (born February 22, 1949 in Huron, South Dakota) is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 22 from 2009 until 2017. Education Gibson attended Ari ...

, White was unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary; in the three-way November 2, 2010 General election, Representative Gibson took the first seat and White took the second seat with 4,526 votes (32.35%) ahead of Representative Burg; an

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did not change the result.

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* Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Huron, South Dakota Republican Party South Dakota state senators 1944 births 21st-century American politicians {{SouthDakota-politician-stub