Bernie P. Hunhoff[1] (born September 5, 1951 in South Dakota) is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 18 from 1993 to 1999 and 2015 to 2017.
Hunhoff was also a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for District 18 from 2009 to 2015.
He wrote for the Madison Daily Leader and the Watertown Public Opinion in South Dakota before starting his own weekly paper, the Missouri Valley Observer, in 1978.
In 1985 he founded South Dakota Magazine, a bimonthly journal that explores the history, culture and geography of the state.
Hunhoff attended University of South Dakota-Springfield and earned his BA from Mount Marty College in 1974.