Drew Dennert (born August 28, 1995 in

Aberdeen, SD Aberdeen (Lakota: ''Ablíla'') is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, located approximately northeast of Pierre. The city population was 28,495 at the 2020 census, making it the third most populous city ...

) is an American politician and a Republican 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 int ...

serving since January 2017. He is the grandson of former Democratic legislator

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 The Senate is the upper house of the ...

. Dennert first elected in 2016 holds the record of the youngest legislator in South Dakota history.

Elections

*2020 Dennert was re-elected with 7,108 votes;

Carl Perry Carl Esmond "Tootie" Perry (February 4, 1896 – August 9, 1946) was an American college football player. He played at the guard (American football), guard position and was the first College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southern player for t ...

was also re-elected with 6,087 votes and Leslie McLaughlin received 3,843 votes and Justin Roemmick received 3,720 votes. *2018. Incumbent Representative Dan Kaiser did not run for re-election leaving one seat open. Representative Drew Dennert ran for re-election alongside Republican Carl Perry, Democrat Brooks Briscoe and Democrat Justin Roemmick. Dennert and Perry won the two seats earning 32% and 29% respectively, Briscoe and Roemmick finished in 3rd and 4th with 21% and 18%. *2016. Incumbent Representative Al Novstrup chose to run for the Senate, vacating his position in the House. Dennert ran for the Republican nomination and came in 2nd with 37% of the vote, incumbent Dan Kaiser came in 1st with 45% and Aberdeen school board member Todd Kolden came in 3rd with 18%. Dennert and Kaiser ran in the general election against Democrats Brooks Briscoe and Nikki Bootz. Kaiser came in 1st with 34.4%, Dennert came in 2nd with 33.2%, Briscoe came in 3rd with 17.9% and Bootz came in 4th with 14.5%

References

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