Taffy Howard

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Taffy Howard
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Republican Party

South Dakota State Senate District 34
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 33
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Lincoln High School

Bachelor's

South Dakota State University, 1989

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1990 - 1994

Personal
Religion
Baptist
Profession
Business owner
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Taffy Howard (Republican Party) is a member of the South Dakota State Senate, representing District 34. She assumed office on January 14, 2025. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Howard (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota State Senate to represent District 34. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Howard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Taffy Howard served as an officer in the United States Air Force. She earned a high school diploma from Lincoln High School and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from South Dakota State University in 1989. Her career experience includes working as a business owner.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Howard was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Howard was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations
• Appropriations

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: South Dakota State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Dakota State Senate District 34

Taffy Howard defeated Kehala Two Bulls in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 34 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Taffy Howard (R) Candidate Connection
 
60.2
 
7,586
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Kehala Two Bulls (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.8
 
5,016

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,602
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Michael Calabrese advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 34.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 34

Taffy Howard defeated Jason Green in the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 34 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Taffy Howard Candidate Connection
 
50.5
 
1,598
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Jason Green
 
49.5
 
1,564

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,162
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson defeated Collin Duprel in the general election for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dusty Johnson
Dusty Johnson (R)
 
77.4
 
253,821
Image of Collin Duprel
Collin Duprel (L)
 
22.6
 
74,020

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 327,841
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Incumbent Dusty Johnson defeated Taffy Howard in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dusty Johnson
Dusty Johnson
 
59.2
 
70,728
Image of Taffy Howard
Taffy Howard
 
40.8
 
48,645

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 119,373
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District

Collin Duprel advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House South Dakota At-large District on April 23, 2022.

Candidate
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Collin Duprel (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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2020

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 (2 seats)

Phil Jensen and incumbent Taffy Howard won election in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Phil Jensen
Phil Jensen (R)
 
56.5
 
10,251
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Taffy Howard (R)
 
43.5
 
7,902

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 18,153
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 (2 seats)

Incumbent Taffy Howard and Phil Jensen defeated Melanie Torno in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Taffy Howard
Taffy Howard
 
42.0
 
2,831
✔
Image of Phil Jensen
Phil Jensen
 
34.0
 
2,297
Image of Melanie Torno
Melanie Torno Candidate Connection
 
24.0
 
1,620

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,748
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2018

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Johnson and incumbent Taffy Howard defeated Lilias Jarding and Nick Reid in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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David Johnson (R)
 
34.6
 
6,094
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Image of Taffy Howard
Taffy Howard (R)
 
32.2
 
5,662
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Lilias Jarding (D)
 
20.1
 
3,537
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Nick Reid (Independent)
 
13.2
 
2,316

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,609
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 (2 seats)

Lilias Jarding and Ian Keegan advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
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Lilias Jarding
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Ian Keegan

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 (2 seats)

Incumbent David Johnson and incumbent Taffy Howard defeated Melanie Torno in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Johnson
David Johnson
 
39.5
 
2,215
✔
Image of Taffy Howard
Taffy Howard
 
38.9
 
2,183
Image of Melanie Torno
Melanie Torno
 
21.6
 
1,212

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 5,610
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2016

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016. Incumbents Scott W. Craig (R) and Jacqueline Sly (R) did not seek re-election.

David Johnson and Taffy Howard defeated Jim Hadd and Ethan Marsland in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 general election.[3][4]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 33 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Johnson 38.77% 8,245
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Taffy Howard 33.00% 7,018
     Democratic Jim Hadd 15.17% 3,226
     Democratic Ethan Marsland 13.06% 2,777
Total Votes 21,266
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State


Jim Hadd and Ethan Marsland were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 Democratic primary.[5][6]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jim Hadd
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ethan Marsland


David Johnson and Taffy Howard defeated Mike Buckingham in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 33 Republican primary.[5][6]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 33 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Johnson 43.62% 2,235
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Taffy Howard 34.95% 1,791
     Republican Mike Buckingham 21.43% 1,098
Total Votes 5,124

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Taffy Howard completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Howard's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a conservative Republican who believes in limited government. Pres. Reagan once said, “Man is not free, unless government is limited” and there is much, much truth to that. I am a Christian, a wife, a mom, a grandma, an Airborne-qualified Air Force veteran, and a small business owner. I served for six years in the SD State House from 2016-2022 and helped pass Constitutional Carry and the Women in Sports bills among many others. In 2022, I ran for Congress, garnering 41% of the vote in the Republican primary. I love our state and our way of life and I am dedicated to preserving that for future generations.
  • I represent you, the hardworking taxpayers of this district, not any special interest group. One major concern with voters across the district is the rapid increase in property taxes that is literally driving people out of their homes. We have the ability to do something, we simply need more legislators willing to put the people first.
  • An excellent education for our children is also a top concern. With proficiency rates hovering at or below 50% and colleges needing to offer more remedial classes it is clear we are graduating kids not ready for college (if that is their goal). We need high standards and we need innovative ideas to help our kids reach those standards.
  • With the rapid influx of people and growth in our region, crime and homelessness are becoming more and more of a concern. We need to ensure our law enforcement and our justice system have the tools and resources necessary to ensure a great quality of life for our citizens.
I’ve always had a passion for digging into the budget (I have a math degree from SDSU, so I’ve always gravitated to the numbers side of things). I believe in limited government and one of the best ways to limit the growth in government is to limit the growth in the budget (or better yet, reduce the budget). There are so many programs we spend taxpayer dollars on that are not within the proper role of government. We simply can’t continue to say yes to every program or project that comes along if we have the money for it because a) that clearly goes against the role of government had out in our constitution and b) the programs and projects always grow faster than the income of the citizens who have to pay for them. It is unsustainable.
There are so many people I look up to for a variety of reasons. Of course, first of all I’d like to follow Christ’s example and will always strive to run the race that is before me in a way worthy of Him. But then I also admire my dad for his love of adventure no matter his age (he made me ride the Zipper with him at the Central States Fair the year before he passed away…he was 63…I had to stop after one ride or I was going to lose it, but he kept going, having a blast:-). I admire my mom for her work ethic and determination…she worked multiple jobs simultaneously until she enlisted in the Army at the oldest age you could at the time, 34. The other young women in basic training called her “mom.” She did what she had to do to give my sister and I a better life. She passed away too young at 58. I also admire my husband for his patience and calmness in the face of whatever comes his way as well as my two sons for their maturity and kindness and compassion for others. And many others too numerous to list…
The Law, by Frederic Bastiat, is a short read everyone should read at some point (I think all high schoolers should be required to read it). I’d encourage everyone to read “Not Yours to Give” by Davy Crockett as well. Every 4th of July we reread our Declaration of Independence. I also just saw the movie “Reagan” with some friends and it is well worth the time. But anything from our founding fathers is well worth the time, and if you have not actually read our constitution completely I always recommend that, as it is the basis of our democratic republic and we seem to be drifting farther and farther away from it as a country and sadly, as a state as well.
The principles of limited government enshrined in our constitution, first our federal constitution and then our state, are top priority. Elected officials are there to safeguard the rights and liberties of our citizens first and foremost, not to ensure everyone is “healthy, wealthy, and wise.” We need to allow our citizens the freedom to flourish but also to fail. I believe in equality, not equity. I believe elected officials must be honest and have integrity in all they do. They should always be transparent. We may not always agree, but I will always listen and be respectful and I ask the same of others.
I care about the people I represent and will always strive to put them first. I have the courage to stand for what’s right regardless of whether anyone else is standing with me (although that’s always nice). I am a fighter and am willing to take the arrows when I need to but I am always willing to work with anyone to find solutions to the problems we face. In a practical sense, I also have prior experience in the legislature and in Appropriations (my last two years I was Vice Chair of House Appropriations) and can hit the ground running.
To be a person of integrity who continues to fight for what is right to the very end. I hope my sons and grandchildren and hopefully on from there, will be proud of the work and efforts I make to protect their freedoms. We have been blessed beyond belief with this country we have been given and when I took an oath to support and defend our constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that oath never expires. But every year we see more and more of our liberties eroded by government overreach…it is a never-ending battle. Just onAgain, I hope I run the race God has put before me with perseverance to the end.
The Challenger space shuttle explosion. I was a freshman in college and I will never forget where I was when that happened. I had gone up to the Army ROTC department in the Armory at SDSU and had stopped in the cadet lounge for a bit to watch the launch, only to see the devastating explosion instead. It was forever etched in my memory:-(.
Babysitting would be first, but if we are talking about a job where I received W-2, that would be Pizza Hut. I worked there in college but I can’t remember exactly how long, as I also worked at Hardee’s in college.
Far too many to list here…but the book I just finished was “With the Old Breed” by E. B. Sledge…I like books on military history. Ghost Soldiers is another good one along those lines. Books by C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity; The Screwtape Letters); of course the Bible; loved Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (there’s a reason it’s a classic!), the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, and the Civil War trilogy by the Shaara’s are just a few.
If Today was Your Last Day by Nickelback.
Working together and not antagonistically, but also being the check and balance on each other needed in government.
We’ve seen a tremendous amount of growth very rapidly over the last few years (some naturally occurring, some because government is pushing it and while I’m okay with natural growth I do not believe government should be using our own citizen’s tax dollars to push for growth that ends up hurting our citizens in the long run). That is impacting the cost of living for our residents who have been here all their lives, driving up housing prices, property taxes, health care costs, educational costs, etc. We are also seeing an impact to our way of life here and I believe that’s a very real concern. We need to be addressing the issues with taxes, education, as well as crime/homelessness and ensure we put our citizens first vs corporate welfare and crony capitalism.
Sometimes, yes, as they may have more institutional knowledge that is beneficial, but not if they refuse to listen to new ideas and insist on things being done a certain way simply because that’s how it’s always been done.
It’s human nature to want to work well with those we have good relationships with, so building those relationships wherever you are placed in life will always be beneficial.
A couple legislators I admire are Jim Jordan and Andy Biggs, and of course I have a deep respect and admiration for Pres. Reagan (I know, technically never a legislator, but still worth the mention).
I will never say never, but right now I am focused on the state senate.
I have heard from many residents who are struggling to stay in their homes due to out-of-control increases in property taxes. One elderly widow was in tears as she was telling me she was looking at moving because of it. Another single lady was trying to sell a couple vehicles to pay her taxes. Government spending should never force people out of their homes (these individuals had not had any other events in their lives that would otherwise cause them to move or sell off belongings),
Yes, to both, but only in extremely rare instances.
A property tax relief bill will be one of the first bills but due to the complexity it may not be the actual first.
Appropriations, but I will humbly serve wherever I am needed.
Both are absolutely critical. Citizens ought to have confidence their tax dollars are being spent wisely and they have every right to know where every dime is going. That is why I tried several times to use our ability to require state agencies to use zero-based budgeting when setting their annual budgets. Unfortunately, we have too many in Pierre that really do not want that level of transparency or accountability. There is a “use it or lose it” mentality in government that most agencies simply give in to, so instead of reverting unused funds, they go out and spend it on anything they want (one year one agency went out and bout all new flat-screen TVs that were not needed, but they didn’t want to not use all the money allocated to them!). We need more legislators as well as bureaucrats who truly put the taxpayer first but because of the world we live in we can’t just trust they will do what is right, we must require it.
I do believe it should be more difficult to make changes to our state constitution. Everyone knows SD is used as a test case for different ideas because it is so easy ti get things in our ballot and then our media market is so inexpensive compared to other states so we have our-of-state entities getting things in our ballot all the time. If it passes, they then have the start they need to get into other states. Just this year we have a proposed amendment (H) that is supported by and large by a PAC based in CO. So yes, when only 20% of the voters vote and it only takes 50% of those to change our constitution, we are essentially allowing 10% of our registered voters (that’s not including all the non-registered citizens) to change our foundational document…it should be harder to do that. But, I also believe in some ways we should make it easier for our citizen—led initiatives to get on the ballot or for referred laws to get there. Just this year, we have several initiated measures where the petition gatherers had 18 months to collect signatures to get the measures on the ballot, but we also have a referred law on the ballot, and those petition gatherers only had 90 days to collect the same number of signatures that the initiated measure folks had 18 months to do. So there is definitely room for improvement on some things in this area.

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2022

Taffy Howard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Taffy Howard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Howard's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

2nd Amendment: Our Individual Right:

  • Gun rights are an individual right, not a collective right, as those on the left would like us to believe. I will work to prevent any encroachment of our 2nd amendment rights.

Family values:

  • The family is the bedrock of society. South Dakotans’ values are family values…faith, family, country. The left will never stop trying to undermine the family because they know that as the family goes so goes the country. I will work to preserve the values we hold so dear.

Open Government

  • Government is answerable to the people and should be open and accessible to the taxpayers that fund it. The Argus Leader recently tried to find out which teachers in South Dakota have been disciplined and the details behind the disciplinary action. They were told it would cost $4,410 to research that information. We need to follow the examples of Nebraska and Iowa and make that information readily accessible.

Limited Government

  • Along with lower taxes, a limited government contributes to our individual freedom and our “pursuit of happiness.” We must always remember that government does not produce anything. It exists by taking from us, the taxpayers, and we should keep government as lean as possible and as close to the people as possible.

Taxes:

  • Will Rogers said, "The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets." We should not live in fear that every time our legislators meet they are going to raise our taxes. The hard working people of South Dakota deserve to keep more of their hard-earned money and enjoy the freedom that entails.[7]
 ”
—Taffy Howard[8]

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Taffy Howard campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Dakota State Senate District 34Won general$68,065 $0
2022U.S. House South Dakota At-large DistrictLost primary$332,056 $332,056
2020South Dakota House of Representatives District 33Won general$13,082 N/A**
2018South Dakota House of Representatives District 33Won general$26,787 N/A**
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 33Won $20,489 N/A**
Grand total$460,479 $332,056
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2022

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Tested positive for coronavirus on February 11, 2021

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On Thursday, February 11, 2021, Howard announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.[9]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ dakotawarcollege.com, "Local Businesswoman Taffy Howard Announces for House District 33," April 5, 2016
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 12, 2024
    3. ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
    4. ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Official Results State Canvas," accessed May 2, 2017
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 South Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed December 18, 2015
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 South Dakota Secretary of State, "State primary results," accessed June 7, 2016
    7. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    8. ↑ Taffy Howard, "Issues," accessed May 27, 2016
    9. ↑ KOTATV, "South Dakota state house confirms two new COVID cases," February 11, 2021

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