David A. Novstrup (born February 2, 1983, in

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) is an American politician and a Republican member of the

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representing District 3 since January 2015. He is the son of South Dakota Representative

Al Novstrup Al Novstrup (born August 4, 1954) is business owner, an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 3 since January 2015. Education Novstrup earned his BS in economics from S ...

. He was also a member of the

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from 2007 to 2015.

Education

Novstrup earned his BS in

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from

Northern State University Northern State University (NSU) is a public university in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 45 bachelor's degrees, 53 minors, six associate degrees, 16 pre-professional prog ...

Elections

*2016: He decided not to see re-election to the senate seat. *2014 he defeated democrat Mark Remily after running unopposed in the republican primary. *2012 With incumbent Democratic Representative

Dennis Feickert Dennis Feickert (born June 19, 1948) is an American politician and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 11, 2013. Fieckert served consecutively f ...

redistricted to District 1, Novstrup and Dan Kaiser were unopposed for the June 5, 2012, Republican Primary; in the four-way November 6, 2012, General election, Novstrup took the first seat with 5,843 votes (31.2%) and Kaiser took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Bill Antonides and Zachary Anderson. *2006 When incumbent Republican Representative Larry Frost left the Legislature and left a District 3 seat open, Novstrup and his father, incumbent Representative

were unopposed for the June 6, 2006, Republican Primary, and won the November 7, 2006, General election, where his father took the first seat and he took the second seat with 4,679 votes (26.6%) ahead of Democratic nominees Thomas Black (who had run for the seat in 2004) and Ted Kneebone (who had run for the Senate in 2004). *2008 With the senior Representative Novstrup running for

and leaving a District 3 seat open, Novstrup and

Isaac Latterell Isaac James Latterell (born March 13, 1981) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives who has represented District 6 from January 11, 2013 to January 12, 2021. In 2016, he was elected ...

were unopposed for the June 3, 2008, Republican Primary; in the November 4, 2008, General election, Democratic nominee

took the first seat and Novstrup took the second seat with 5,386 votes (27.69%) ahead of Democratic nominee Mark Remily and fellow Republican nominee Isaac Latterell. *2010 Novstrup and Isaac Latterell were again unopposed for the June 8, 2010, Republican Primary; in the four-way November 2, 2010, General election, Novstrup took the first seat with 4,562 votes (28.52%) and incumbent Democratic Representative Feickert took the second seat ahead of returning 2008 Republican nominee Isaac Latterell and Democratic nominee Tim Even; Latterell was elected to the House for District 6 in 2012.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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* 1983 births Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives Northern State University alumni Politicians from Aberdeen, South Dakota Republican Party South Dakota state senators 21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature {{SouthDakota-politician-stub