Quick Facts
Biography
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.
Elections
2018. Dennert announced his intention to seek re-election on a blog post on his website.
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%.
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%