Drew Dennert Explained

Drew Dennert
State House:	South Dakota
District:	3rd^[1]
Term Start:	January 3, 2017
Alongside:	Dan Kaiser (2017-2019) Carl E. Perry (2019-Present)
Predecessor:	Al Novstrup
State House3:	South Dakota
Birth Date:	28 August 1995
Birth Place:	Aberdeen, South Dakota
Nationality:	American
Party:	Republican
Spouse:	Ashton
Profession:	Rancher/Farmer
Website:	www.drewdennert.com

Drew Dennert (born August 28, 1995 in Aberdeen, SD) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives serving since January 2017. He is the grandson of former Democratic legislator Paul Dennert.

Dennert first elected in 2016 holds the record of the youngest legislator in South Dakota history.^[2]

Elections

2020 Dennert was re-elected with 7,108 votes; Carl Perry was also re-elected with 6,087 votes and Leslie McLaughlin received 3,843 votes and Justin Roemmick received 3,720 votes.^[3]
2018. Incumbent Representative Dan Kaiser did not run for re-election leaving one seat open. Representative Drew Dennert ran for re-election alongside Republican Carl Perry, Democrat Brooks Briscoe and Democrat Justin Roemmick. Dennert and Perry won the two seats earning 32% and 29% respectively, Briscoe and Roemmick finished in 3rd and 4th with 21% and 18%.
2016. Incumbent Representative Al Novstrup chose to run for the Senate, vacating his position in the House. Dennert ran for the Republican nomination and came in 2nd with 37% of the vote, incumbent Dan Kaiser came in 1st with 45% and Aberdeen school board member Todd Kolden came in 3rd with 18%.^[4] Dennert and Kaiser ran in the general election against Democrats Brooks Briscoe and Nikki Bootz. Kaiser came in 1st with 34.4%, Dennert came in 2nd with 33.2%, Briscoe came in 3rd with 17.9% and Bootz came in 4th with 14.5%^[5]