I'm privileged to serve as South Dakota's 40th Lieutenant Governor under Governor Larry Rhoden after spending years working with state government in a number of roles.

I first came to the State Capitol to work for Governor Mike Rounds, and he appointed me to serve on the Board of Regents while I was getting my undergraduate degree at SDSU and my law degree at USD. I returned to spend ten years working for Governor Dennis Daugaard and Governor Kristi Noem, including five years as Chief of Staff.

After leaving to practice law in the private sector, I was appointed by Governor Noem to once again serve on the Board of Regents. I left the Regents after being elected to represent District 13 in the State House of Representatives, where I served two terms as the vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee. I stepped down from the House when Governor Rhoden invited me to serve as his Lieutenant Governor.

Tony Venhuizen