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Mike Huether is an American
philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...
and politician from
South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
. He served as
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of
Sioux Falls Sioux Falls ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 117th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into northern Lincoln County. The population was 192 ...
from 2010 to 2018.


Personal life and education

Huether was born in
Yankton, South Dakota Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in South Dakota, 7th most po ...
in 1962. In 1984, he attended
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University (SDSU or SD State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota, United States. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest university and is the sec ...
and acquired a commercial economics degree. He is married to his wife, Cindy, and has 1 daughter.


Charity work

The Huether family runs a charity called "The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation."


Political career

Huether successfully ran for Mayor in
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
. He placed second in the April 13, 2010, primary election, winning 25 percent of the vote. In the April 27 runoff election, he defeated City Councilmember and former State Senator Kermit Staggers by a wide margin, winning 57 percent of the vote to Staggers's 43 percent. In
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, he defeated City Councilmember
Greg Jamison Greg Jamison is an American politician. He has served as a Republican member for the 12th district in the South Dakota House of Representatives since 2021. In 2025, Jamison stated that he considering entering the 2026 Sioux Falls Mayoral race. H ...
, winning 56 percent of the vote to Jamison's 44 percent.


See also

* List of mayors of Sioux Falls, South Dakota


References

21st-century mayors of places in South Dakota American philanthropists Living people Mayors of Sioux Falls, South Dakota South Dakota State University alumni South Dakota Democrats South Dakota independents 1962 births {{SouthDakota-politician-stub