Dan Lederman Explained

Dan Lederman
Office:	Chair of the South Dakota Republican Party
Term Start:	February 11, 2017
Term End:	January 14, 2023
Predecessor:	Pam Roberts
Successor:	John Wiik
State Senate1:	South Dakota
District1:	16th
Term Start1:	January 11, 2011
Term End1:	March 30, 2015
Successor1:	Jim Bolin
Predecessor1:	Margaret V. Gillespie
State House4:	South Dakota
District4:	16th
Term Start4:	January 9, 2009
Term End4:	January 11, 2011
Predecessor4:	Joel Dykstra Margaret V. Gillespie
Successor4:	David Anderson Jim Bolin
Birth Date:	25 November 1972
Birth Place:	Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Education:	University of Iowa (BA)

Dan Lederman^[1] (born November 25, 1972) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 16 from January 11, 2011, until he resigned on March 30, 2015.^[2] Lederman served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011, in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 seat.

In February 2017, Lederman was elected State Chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party in the first contested party chair election in decades.^[3] In February 2019, Lederman was re-elected on an uncontested basis to another term of office as chair of the South Dakota Republican Party.^[4] In January 2023, Lederman did not seek re-election and was succeeded by John Wiik.^[5]

Education

Lederman received his combat medic training at United States Army Medical Department Center and studied fine arts and religion at the University of Iowa.

Employment

Since the late 1990s, Lederman has been a partner in the family owned Lederman Bail Bonds business, founded by his father.^[6]

Lederman serves as a Senior Advisor to Des Moines, IA based LS2 Group, working in grassroots organizing, media relations, political event planning, and social media for the organization.^[7] On October 12, 2016, Lederman registered with the Department of Justice's Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) office as an agent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia^[8] for purposes of lobbying for changes to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). Projecting a fee of $8,500 for his services, Lederman registered in his capacity as a senior advisor at LS2 Group.^[9] LS2group received $76,500 in compensation for its work on the Saudi campaign against JASTA.^[10]

Elections

South Dakota House of Representatives

• 2006 To challenge House District 16 incumbent Democratic Representative Margaret V. Gillespie, Lederman and incumbent Republican Representative Joel Dykstra were unopposed for the June 6, 2006, Republican Primary,^[11] but in the four-way November 7, 2006, General election Republican Representative Dykstra took the first seat and Democratic Representative Gillespie took the second seat ahead of Lederman and Democratic nominee Ron Jenkins.^[12]
• 2008 When District 16 incumbent Democratic Representative Gillespie ran for South Dakota Senate and Republican Representative Dykstra left the Legislature leaving both District 16 seats open, Lederman ran in the three-way June 3, 2008, Republican Primary and placed first with 2,546 votes (53.69%);^[13] in the four-way November 4, 2008, General election Lederman took the first seat with 6,594 votes (33.86%) and fellow Republican nominee Jim Bolin took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Janelle O'Connor and Brian Wells.^[14]
• 2010 When Senate District 16 incumbent Democratic Senator Gillespie left the Legislature and left the seat open, Lederman was unopposed for the June 8, 2010, Republican Primary^[15] and won the November 2, 2010, General election with 6,082 votes (62.71%) against Democratic nominee Kathy Hill.^[16]
• 2012 Lederman was unopposed for the June 5, 2012, Republican Primary^[17] and won the November 6, 2012, General election with 6,604 votes (60.04%) against Democratic nominee Michael O'Connor.^[18]

South Dakota State Senate

• 2014 In the race for District 16 State Senate, Lederman defeated Democrat Ann Tornberg on a vote of 56% to 44%.^[19] With Lederman's election to State Chair of the South Dakota Republican Party, he again found himself at opposite political positions with Tornberg, who herself had been elected to be chairwoman of the South Dakota Democratic Party. Lederman resigned on March 30, 2015.^[20]

South Dakota Presidential Elector

• 2020 Lederman served as an elector for the 2020 presidential election,^[21] replacing Kristi Noem. Lederman voted for President Donald Trump for president and Vice-President Mike Pence for vice president.^[22]

Voter Registration Controversy

On October 11, 2017, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lora Hubbel sent out a press release claiming Lederman's Iowa voter registration was still in force.^[23] In reporting the story, the media noted that Hubbel had changed parties herself a few months earlier.^[24] In an interview with KELO radio, South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs indicated that since Lederman used "Dan Lederman" when he originally registered in Iowa and "Daniel Isaac Lederman" when registering in South Dakota, the name was not removed from the Iowa voter roll at the time, because it " would not be an exact match and wouldn't have been caught in the de-duplicating process that Secretary of States use."^[25] Lederman responded to the candidate's criticism in an op-ed released to the media the following day titled "OK to change parties in America.^[26]

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature
• Campaign site
  • Dan Lederman at Ballotpedia
• Dan Lederman at the National Institute on Money in State Politics
• Dan Lederman^[27] Profile at South Dakota Republican Party

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dan Lederman's Biography . . January 27, 2014.
2. Web site: LEDERMAN RETIRES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA SENATE - KSCJ 1360 . kscj.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234240/http://kscj.com/2015/03/31/lederman-retires-from-south-dakota-senate/ . 2017-10-14.
3. News: Challenger unseats governor's pick for GOP chair. Argus Leader. 2017-10-18. en.
4. Web site: DAN LEDERMAN, EXECUTIVE BOARD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED AT REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING - South Dakota Republican Party. www.southdakotagop.com. en. 2019-11-22.
5. Web site: Dan Lederman won't run for another term as state GOP chair .
6. Web site: Meet Dan Lederman: the Jewish bail bondsman legislator from South Dakota, AZ Jewish Post. June 14. Posted. Kampeas. 2011 / Ron. Arizona Jewish Post. en-US. 2019-11-22. JTA.
7. Web site: Dan Lederman. LS2group. LS2group. en. 2019-11-22.
8. Web site: Foreign Agents Registration Act registration statement of Daniel Lederman dated October 12, 2016.
9. News: Profile page, Dan Lederman, Senior Advisor, South Dakota, LS2group. LS2group. 2018-05-31. en-US.
10. Web site: Supplemental Statement filed by Qorvis MSLGroup with the U.S. Department of Justice on May 31, 2017.
11. Web site: 2006 Republican Legislative Primary Official Returns. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103312/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_repbulicanprimaryreturns.shtm. January 16, 2014. dead. January 27, 2014.
12. Web site: 2006 Legislature Official Returns. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103320/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_GElegislativereturns.shtm. January 16, 2014. dead. January 27, 2014.
13. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm. January 16, 2014. dead. January 27, 2014.
14. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm. January 16, 2014. dead. January 27, 2014.
15. Web site: Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. January 27, 2014.
16. Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm. January 16, 2014. dead. January 27, 2014.
17. Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 27, 2014.
18. Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 27, 2014.
19. News: South Dakota 2014 election results. Sioux City Journal. 2017-10-11. en.
20. Web site: South Dakota legislator Dan Lederman resigns midterm. April 1, 2015.
21. News: Lederman in, Noem out as S.D. Trump elector. Mercer. Bob. 12 December 2020. 5 January 2021. KELO-TV. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201225221825/https://www.keloland.com/news/capitol-news-bureau/lederman-in-noem-out-as-s-d-trump-elector/. 25 December 2020. The governor’s communications director, Ian Fury, didn’t respond to questions Saturday from KELOLAND News about what led to Lederman’s substitution for her..
22. Web site: 4 January 2021. 2020 Electoral College Results; South Dakota Certificate of Vote 2020. 5 January 2021. National Archives. en. 2. Barnett. Steve. Steve Barnett (politician).
23. News: Hubbel aims to out GOP chair as former Iowa Democrat. Argus Leader. 2017-10-12. en.
24. Web site: UPDATE: Party changing Hubbel accuses SDGOP chair of party changing. Inc.. Midwest Communications. Sports Radio KWSN. en-US. 2017-10-12. 2017-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202422/http://kwsn.com/news/articles/2017/oct/11/party-changing-lora-hubbel-accuses-sdgop-chair-of-party-changing/. dead.
25. Web site: Lederman answers questions about Iowa voter registration. Midwest Communications. Inc. KELO Newstalk 1320 107.9. 2020-02-13. 2020-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213032230/https://kelo.com/news/articles/2017/oct/13/lederman-answers-questions-about-former-iowa-voter-registration/. dead.
26. News: My Voice: OK to change political parties in America. Argus Leader. 2017-10-18. en.
27. Web site: GOP Leadership About the Party South Dakota GOP. southdakotagop.com. en. 2017-10-11.