PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Friday night, the Republican Caucus announced the leadership for the 100th legislative session.

For the South Dakota House:

Speaker of the House: Jon Hanson

Speaker Pro Temp:  Karla Lems

Majority Leader: Scott Odenbach

Assistant Majority Leader: Marty Overweg

Majority Whips: Brandei Schaefbauer, Bethany Soye, Greg Jamison, Les Heinaman, Jessica Bahmuller

For the South Dakota Senate:

President Pro Temp: Chris Carr

Senate Majority Leader: Jim Mehlhaff

Assistant Majority Leader: Carl Perry

Majority Whips: Sue Peterson, Kevin Jensen, Randy Deibert, and Tom Pischke

Representative Schaefbauer released the following statement:

“What a huge night for the state of South Dakota!  We were given a mandate on Tuesday to put South Dakota back on the correct path and stop having out of state interests control our state!  We did that tonight with the election of Constitutional conservatives in BOTH chambers of the South Dakota Legislature.  Senator Perry and I are very honored to be part of this leadership team.”