Kirk Chaffee (born November 22, 1963) is an American politician and businessman serving as a 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 ...

from the 29th district. Elected in 2018, Chaffee assumed office in 2019.

Background

Chaffee was born in

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...

and resides in Whitewood. He served as the director of equalization and planning for

Meade County, South Dakota Meade County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 29,852. Its county seat is Sturgis. The county was created in 1889 and named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United St ...

for 31 years. He also worked as a business consultant for the city of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaffee, Kirk Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives 1963 births 21st-century American politicians