SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Following Governor Kristi Noem's appointment to Secretary of Homeland Security, Larry Rhoden succeeded to Governor of South Dakota. Rhoden received Noem's resignation as Governor and succeeded immediately following the vote by the United States Senate. Larry Rhoden is officially the 34th Governor of South Dakota. 
	
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Now-Gov. Larry Rhoden received Kristi Noem's official resignation as South Dakota governor on Saturday as she joined the Trump administration.

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Kristi Noem resigns, Larry Rhoden succeeds to office of South Dakota governor

(PIERRE, SD) – The 33rd Governor of the State of South Dakota has resigned. Kristi Noem gave her notice of resignation to Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden Saturday after being confirmed for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by the United States Senate. The Republican governor served in the position for six years. “Through my tenure, South Dakotans enjoyed a greater level of freedom than anywhere else,” Noem said in her resignation…

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Noem resigns, Lieutenant Governor assumes Governor role

Kristi Noem’s tenure as South Dakota’s 33rd governor ended shortly before noon Saturday.Noem resigned to accept the post as secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration. She was at the start of her seventh year as governor after being elected in 2018 and 2022.Noem’s political career began in her native Hamlin County. She was elected twice to serve in the South Dakota House of Representatives before running for Congress in 2010.Noem…

Noem departs Pierre, headed to Washington to serve in Trump's cabinet. She leaves behind a rocky record — The South Dakota Standard

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Governors Association Chair Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued the following statement welcoming new South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden to the Republican Governors Association after Governor Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Secretary of Homeland Security: “I am proud to welcome South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden to the ranks of Republican governors across America. Governor Rhoden is a com…

Republican Governors Welcome South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem presents Lieutenant Gov. Larry Rhoden with a baseball bat during her State of the State address on Jan. 14. The gift represented a pending change in leadership as Noem is considered for a national appointment as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. (Dave Bordewyk/South Dakota NewsMedia Association)Minutes after the gavel came down in the U.S Senate chambers Saturday morning confirming South Dakota’s Kri…

Larry Rhoden succeeds to governor of South Dakota

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