He had been elected as Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives and served in that office from 2017 to 2019.

[citation needed] Haugaard was elected as a Republican member for the 10th district in the South Dakota House of Representatives in 2014.

He had been elected as Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives and served in that office from 2017 to 2019.

2021-2022 2019-2020 2017-2018 2015-2016 On November 17, 2021, Haugaard announced that he was running for Governor of South Dakota, challenging incumbent Kristi Noem in the Republican primary.

[2] He accused Noem of being insufficiently conservative on some issues, as well as of being beholden to special interests.