Christine Marie Erickson ( Vinatieri; born January 29, 1978) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has been an at-large member of the Sioux Falls City Council since 2014. She was previously a member of the

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, representing District 11 from 2013 to 2014.

Education

Erickson earned her

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from

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and her

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in business management from the

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Elections

In 2012, when incumbent Republican Representative Lora Hubbel ran for

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and left a District 11 seat open, Erickson ran in the four-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 539 votes (31.2%) ahead of incumbent Representative Mark Willadsen; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, Erickson took the first seat with 5,685 votes (30.93%) and fellow Republican nominee

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took the second seat ahead of Democratic former Representative Darrell Solberg and Jim Larson, who had run for the seat in 2010. In 2014, Erickson ran for the at-large B seat of the Sioux Falls City Council, when Jim Entenman chose not to seek re-election. She defeated her Democratic challenger Denny Pierson by 17,489 votes (65%) to 9,470 (35%). She resigned her District 11 seat after the election, and her vacancy was filled by Willadsen, who was appointed by Governor of South Dakota,

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, to finish her term. In 2018, she defeated Nick Weiland 67% to 33%.

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* 1978 births 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Italian descent Living people Politicians from Rapid City, South Dakota Politicians from Sioux Falls, South Dakota Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives University of Sioux Falls alumni Women state legislators in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-politician-stub