Monae Johnson is an American politician from

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

. A

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, she is the

South Dakota Secretary of State The secretary of state of South Dakota is an elected constitutional officer of the U.S. state of South Dakota. The current secretary of state is Monae Johnson. Divisions The secretary of state's office is composed of three divisions: *ThBusi ...

. Johnson worked for the office of the

for eight years. She announced her candidacy for the 2022 election for secretary of state in February 2022. She challenged the incumbent, Steve Barnett, for the Republican nomination at the Republican convention on June 25, and won the nomination. During the campaign, Johnson refused to acknowledge that Joe Biden was the legitimate winner of the

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. She defeated Democrat Tom Cool in the November 8 general election. Barnett resigned from office in December, and

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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 ...

appointed Johnson to the office effective December 5, and her own term began on January 2.

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