• Government Personnel, Departments and Agencies
  
• Congressional Representatives
  
• Academic Experts
  
• Political Journalists/Media
  
• State Political Parties
  

Government Personnel, Departments and Agencies
Governor:
M. Michael Rounds
Office of the Governor
500 East Capitol
Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070
phone: (605) 773-3212
fax: (605) 773-4711
http://www.state.sd.us/governor/

Assistant:
Neil Fulton
Chief of Staff
phone: (605) 773-3212

Press Office:
phone: (605) 773-4711
Tanna Zabel
Director of Scheduling

Lieutenant Governor:
Dennis Daugaard
Capitol Building
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070
phone: (605) 773-3661
http://www.state.sd.us/lt.gov/

Attorney General:
Larry Long
13202 E Hwy 14
Suite 1
Pierre, SD 57501-8501
phone: (605) 773-3215
http://www.state.sd.us/attorney/index.html

Secretary of State:
Chris Nelson
Capitol Building
500 East Capitol Avenue, Ste. 204
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
http://www.state.sd.us/sos/sos.htm

Elections Division:
Elections Information
http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/electionsvoteregistration_overview.shtm

State Legislature:
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx

State Judiciary:
http://www.state.sd.us/state/judicial/

Congressional Representatives
Sen. John R. Thune (R)
http://thune.senate.gov/
202-224-5429
493 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Kyle Downey, Communications Director
Matt Zabel , Chief of Staff

Sen. Tim Johnson (D)
http://johnson.senate.gov/
(202)224-5842
136 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Julianne Fischer, Communications Director
Drey Samuelson , Chief of Staff

Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-1 (At large))
http://www.hersethforcongress.org/
(202) 225-2801
331 Cannon House Office Building
605-332-1901
Washington, DC 20515
Betsy Hart, Press Secretary
Tessa Gould, Chief of Staff

Academic Experts (organized by university)
Gary Aguiar
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Areas of expertise: South Dakota politics

South Dakota State University
Box 504, Scobey Hall
Brookings, South Dakota 57007-
phone: (605) 688-4914
gary_aguiar@sdstate.edu
Dept. Phone: (605) 688-4914
Dept. Fax: (605) 688-5977
http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/CollegeOfArtsAndSciences/PoliticalScience/

David Aronson
Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Areas of expertise: American government, Local government, Public Policy & Administration

University of South Dakota
Dakota Hall
Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-
phone: (605) 677-6126
daronson@usd.edu
Dept. Phone: (605) 677-5243
http://www.usd.edu/polsci/

Carol Ann Traut
Professor
Political Science
Areas of expertise: American politics, State/Local politics, Women's studies, Asian politics

University of South Dakota
Dakota Hall
Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-
phone: (605) 677-5356
ctraut@usd.edu
Dept. Phone: (605) 677-5243
http://www.usd.edu/polsci/

Political Journalists/Media
Argus Leader
phone: (605) 331-2300
News: http://www.argusleader.com/
David Kranz
Political Editor
phone: (605) 331-2302
fax: (605) 331-2294
dkranz@argusleader.com
Argus Leader
P.O. Box 5034
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034

State Political Parties
South Dakota Democratic Party
Rick Hauffe
Executive Director
P.O. Box 737
Sioux Falls, SD 57101
phone: (605) 335-7337
fax: (605) 335-7401
http://www.sddp.org/

South Dakota Libertarian Party
Andre Ager
Chair
4419 Partridge Place
Spearfish, SD 57783
phone: (605) 348-9461
fax: (605) 394-7246
http://www.sdlp.us/
andre@blackhills.com

South Dakota Republican State Central Committee
Karl Adam
Chairman
P.O. Box 1099
Pierre, SD 57501
phone: (605) 224-7347
http://www.southdakotagop.com/