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South Dakota
Gov. Kristi Noem
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January 8, 2019 - January 7, 2023
January 7, 2023 - January 25, 2025 - Republican
- November 30, 1971
- South Dakota
- South Dakota State University
- Bryon Noem
- Resigned
About
Governor Kristi Noem is a wife, a mother, and a lifelong rancher, farmer and small business owner.
In 2010, after serving in the South Dakota legislature for several years, Gov. Noem was elected to serve as South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2018, with the platform of protecting South Dakotans against tax increases, government growth, federal intrusion, and government secrecy, she was elected as South Dakota’s first-ever female Governor. She resigned as Governor in January 2025 to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
Gov. Noem often says that her greatest accomplishment is raising her three children, Kassidy, Kennedy, and Booker, with her husband Bryon.