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Ernie Otten, Jr.'s Biography

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Contact Information

500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501

Full Name:

Ernest 'Ernie' E. Otten, Jr.

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Betty; 2 Children: Brad, Brian

Birth Date:

06/29/1954

Birth Place:

Sioux Falls, SD

Home City:

Tea, SD

Religion:

Christian

Attended, Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development

Graduated, Lennox High School

Senator, South Dakota State Senate, District 6, 2025-present

Former Majority Whip, South Dakota House of Representatives

Representative, South Dakota State House of Representatives, District 6, 2021-2025

Candidate, South Dakota State Senate, District 6, 2024

Candidate, South Dakota State House of Representatives, District 6, 2020, 2022

Senator, South Dakota State Senate, District 6, 2013-2021

Candidate, South Dakota State House of Representatives, District 16, 1996

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, South Dakota State House of Representatives

Chair, Appropriations Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, State Affairs Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Taxation Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, South Dakota State Senate

Employee, Schoememan Brothers Co. Building Material Center, 1997-present

Owner, Carpenter's Shoppe, Retail/Wholesale Wood Craft Supplies, 1986-present

Commericial Republican, Dakota Millwork, present

Former Prison Minister

Commercial Sales Manager, Knox Lumber, 1981-1991

Attendee, Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, present

Precinct Committeeman/State Central Committeeman, Lincoln County Republican Party, present

Precinct Committee Member/State Central Committee Member, Lincoln County Republican Party, present

Associate Member, Remodeling Council and Homebuilders Association, present

Member, Empower America

Member, National Federation of Independent Business

Former Representative, Republican State Leadership National Meeting, Boston

Member, Sioux Valley Hospital Hospice

Member, South Dakota Retailers

Member, The Heritage Foundation

Priority Issues:

Grow Jobs
Protect Family
Defend Gun Rights
Support Community

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