Dennis M. Daugaard is the current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. He was elected in 2002 on a ticket with Governor Mike Rounds, and the two were re-elected in 2006. Prior to his current office, Daugaard served as a member of the South Dakota State Senate from 1997 to 2003. He is the executive director of the Children's Home Society of South Dakota. Daugaard has indicated that he is planning to seek the Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota in 2010.



