Scott Odenbach

Scott Odenbach

Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2025
Preceded by	Will Mortenson
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 12, 2021 Serving with Mary Fitzgerald
Preceded by	Timothy Johns Dayle Hammock

Personal details
Born	(1972-08-16) August 16, 1972 (age 52)
Political party	Republican
Education	South Dakota State University (BS) University of South Dakota (JD)

Scott Odenbach is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district.

Career

Odenbach served as assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Education. He is the owner and managing broker at Liberty Tree Properties realty and manages his own law firm.^[1] He served as a member of the Spearfish School Board from 2017 to 2020.^[2]

Election history

2020: Odenbach was elected to the
Mary Fitzgerald, who received 6,920 votes and they defeated Brooke Abdallah who received 4,590 votes.^[3]^[4]^[5]

2020 South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Odenbach	8,104	41.32%
	Republican	Mary Fitzgerald	6,920	35.28%
	Democratic	Brooke Abdallah	4,590	23.40%
Total votes			19,614	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

References

^ "Scott Odenbach". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
^ Pioneer, Mark Watson, Black Hills. "Odenbach resigns from school board". Black Hills Pioneer. Archived from the original on 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "2020 General State Canvass Final Certificate" (PDF). sdsos.gov. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
^ "Representative Scott Odenbach - 2021". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
^ Pioneer, Alex Portal, Black Hills. "Odenbach announces run for District 31 House of Representatives". Black Hills Pioneer. Archived from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2021-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

South Dakota House of Representatives
Preceded by Will Mortenson	Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives 2025–present	Incumbent

v t e Statewide political officials of South Dakota
U.S. senators	John Thune Mike Rounds
U.S. representative	Dusty Johnson, At-large representative
State government	Larry Rhoden, Governor Tony Venhuizen, Lieutenant Governor Monae Johnson, Secretary of State Marty Jackley, Attorney General Josh Haeder, Treasurer Rich Sattgast, Auditor Brock Greenfield, School and Public Lands Commissioner Kristie Fiegen, Gary W. Hanson, Chris Nelson, Public Utilities Commissioners
Senate	Tony Venhuizen, President Chris Karr, President pro tempore Jim Mehlhaff, Majority Leader Liz Larson, Minority Leader
House	Jon Hansen, Speaker Karla Lems, Speaker pro tempore Scott Odenbach, Majority Leader Erin Healy, Minority Leader
Supreme Court (appointed)	Steven R. Jensen, Chief Justice Janine M. Kern Mark Salter Patricia DeVaney Scott P. Myren, Associate Justices

Floor leaders of state houses

v t e Majority leaders
United States House of Representatives: ▌Steve Scalise (R)
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Political party affiliations ▌Republican: 28 states ▌Democratic: 21 states, 3 territories, 1 district ▌Popular Democratic: 1 territory

v t e Minority leaders
United States House of Representatives: ▌Hakeem Jeffries (D)
AL ▌Anthony Daniels (D) AK ▌Mia Costello (R) AZ ▌Oscar De Los Santos (D) AR ▌Andrew Collins (D) CA ▌James Gallagher (R) CO ▌Rose Pugliese (R) CT ▌Vincent Candelora (R) DE ▌Tim Dukes (R) FL ▌Fentrice Driskell (D) GA ▌Carolyn Hugley (D) HI ▌Lauren Matsumoto (R) ID ▌Ilana Rubel (D) IL ▌Tony McCombie (R) IN ▌Phil GiaQuinta (D) IA ▌Brian Meyer (D) KS ▌Brandon Woodard (D) KY ▌Pamela Stevenson (D) LA ▌Matthew Willard (D) ME ▌Billy Bob Faulkingham (R) MD ▌Jason C. Buckel (R) MA ▌Bradley Jones Jr. (R) MI ▌Ranjeev Puri (D) MN ▌Jamie Long (D) MS ▌Robert Johnson III (D) MO ▌Ashley Aune (D) MT ▌Katie Sullivan (D) NE Vacant NV ▌Gregory Hafen II (R) NH ▌Alexis Simpson (D) NJ ▌John DiMaio (R) NM ▌Gail Armstrong (R) NY ▌William A. Barclay (R) NC ▌Robert T. Reives II (D) ND ▌Zac Ista (D-NPL) OH ▌Dani Isaacsohn (D) OK ▌Cyndi Munson (D) OR ▌Christine Drazan (R) PA ▌Jesse Topper (R) RI ▌Michael Chippendale (R) SC ▌Todd Rutherford (D) SD ▌Erin Healy (D) TN ▌Karen Camper (D) TX ▌Gene Wu (D) UT ▌Angela Romero (D) VT ▌Patricia McCoy (R) VA ▌Terry Kilgore (R) WA ▌Drew Stokesbary (R) WV ▌Sean Hornbuckle (D) WI ▌Greta Neubauer (D) WY ▌Mike Yin (D) Federal districts: DC None* Territories: AS GU ▌Vacant (D)* MP ▌Roy Ada (R) PR ▌Héctor Ferrer Santiago (PPD) VI ▌Dwayne M. DeGraff (I)*
Political party affiliations ▌Democratic: 27 states ▌Republican: 21 states, 2 territories ▌Independent: 1 state ▌ New Progressive: 1 territory

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v t e Members of the South Dakota House of Representatives
South Dakota Legislature (2025–present) Speaker of the House Jon Hansen (R-25) Speaker pro tempore Karla Lems (R-16) Majority Leader Scott Odenbach (R-31) Minority Leader Erin Healy (D-10)
1. ▌Logan Manhart (R) ⎣ ▌Vacant 2. ▌David Kull (R) ⎣ ▌John Sjaarda (R) 3. ▌Brandei Schaefbauer (R) ⎣ ▌Al Novstrup (R) 4. ▌Kent Roe (R) ⎣ ▌Dylan C. Jordan (R) 5. ▌Matt Roby (R) ⎣ ▌Josephine Garcia (R) 6. ▌Aaron Aylward (R) ⎣ ▌Tim Czmowski (R) 7. ▌Mellissa Heermann (R) ⎣ ▌Roger DeGroot (R) 8. ▌Tim Walburg (R) ⎣ ▌Tim Reisch (R) 9. ▌Bethany Soye (R) ⎣ ▌Tesa Schwans (R) 10. ▌Erin Healy (D) ⎣ ▌Bobbi Andera (R) 11. ▌Brian Mulder (R) ⎣ ▌Keri Weems (R) 12. ▌Amber Arlint (R) ⎣ ▌Greg Jamison (R) 13. ▌John Hughes (R) ⎣ ▌Jack Kolbeck (R) 14. ▌Taylor Rehfeldt (R) ⎣ ▌Tony Kayser (R) 15. ▌ Eric Muckey (D) 16. ▌Karla Lems (R) ⎣ ▌Richard Vasgaard (R) 17. ▌William Shorma (R) ⎣ ▌Chris Kassin (R) 18. ▌Mike Stevens (R) ⎣ ▌Julie Auch (R) 19. ▌Drew Peterson (R) ⎣ ▌Jessica Bahmuller (R) 20. ▌Jeff Bathke (R) ⎣ ▌Kaley Nolz (R) 21. ▌Jim Halverson (R) ⎣ ▌Marty Overweg (R) 22. ▌Kevin Van Diepen (R) ⎣ ▌Lana Greenfield (R) 23. ▌Scott Moore (R) ⎣ ▌Spencer Gosch (R) 24. ▌Will Mortenson (R) ⎣ ▌Mike Weisgram (R) 25. ▌Jon Hansen (R) ⎣ ▌Leslie Heinemann (R) 26A. ▌Eric Emery (D) 26B. ▌Rebecca Reimer (R) 27. ▌Liz Marty May (R) ⎣ ▌Peri Pourier (D) 28A. ▌Jana Hunt (R) 28B. ▌Neil Pinnow (R) 29. ▌Terri Jorgenson (R) ⎣ ▌Kathy Rice (R) 30. ▌Tim Goodwin (R) ⎣ ▌Trish Ladner (R) 31. ▌Mary Fitzgerald (R) ⎣ ▌Scott Odenbach (R) 32. ▌Nicole Uhre-Balk (D) ⎣ ▌Steve Duffy (R) 33. ▌Curt Massie (R) ⎣ ▌Phil Jensen (R) 34. ▌Mike Derby (R) ⎣ ▌Heather Baxter (R) 35. ▌Tina Mulally (R) ⎣ ▌Tony Randolph (R)
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