Trish Ladner
Trish Ladner is a Hot Springs native and five-year incumbent state representative who built a digital-marketing agency from the ground up and ran a nonprofit with more than 150 employees and a $160M budget before entering public service. A mother, wife, and grandmother, she serves on the Agriculture & Natural Resources and Commerce & Energy committees and was named 2022 Legislator of the Year by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association. She was elected to the House in 2020 and re-elected in 2024.
Why they’re
Sensible
Trish Ladner has spent five years doing the patient, unglamorous work that most voters never see: drafting property-tax valuation-cap legislation session after session until it moved, brokering bipartisan buy-in from ranchers, retirees, and county commissioners, and landing an endorsement from the House Appropriations chair who said no legislator worked harder on relief. Her A rating from the NRA, 2022 Stockgrowers Legislator of the Year award, and consistent votes protecting landowners from eminent-domain overreach show a lawmaker whose principles connect directly to the Black Hills families she represents. Off the floor, she has called publicly for ratcheting down political rhetoric and restoring "decorum and respect" — values that define how she governs as much as what she votes for.
Key positions
“It's not a solution to every issue, but it gives us the opportunity to pause the skyrocketing valuations and the bleeding that people are feeling.”
“We, the general consumer, need to proactively support our AG community!!”
“I appreciate that, but the fact that we've come to this juncture is horrifying. And I think that until we can ratchet down the rhetoric and get decorum and respect back, this has the potential of happening again.”
“Voted YES on HB 1218 (March 2025), which prohibits political subdivisions from restricting firearms for county and municipal employees.”
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SD State House · District 30
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