Release: Representative Jess Olson serving District 34 Announces Re-election Bid

Pat Powers

Representative Jess Olson serving District 34 Announces Re-election Bid

RAPID CITY, SD—- Jess Olson, District 34 Representative in the South Dakota State Legislature, announced her bid for re-election. Jess Olson is a business owner, mother, and Rapid City native who is completing her first term in the legislature.

“Hearing from my constituents and giving them a voice in Pierre has been a wonderful experience,” Olson said, discussing her first term. “I support growing business and strengthening South Dakota families.” While representing District 34, Olson is a member of the House Education Committee and the House Tax Committee. She also received a judicial appointment to the statewide Juvenile Diversion Alternative Initiative Steering Committee, last year.

Previously, Olson has served as Chair of the Rapid City Library Board of Trustees, Treasurer of the statewide chapter for the American College of Healthcare Executives, and Treasurer of the statewide Youth Care Provider Association. Olson is also a member of the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce.
Representative Olson has a Bachelors degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her professional experience includes operating her own home health business and leading a nonprofit serving at-risk youth. In her free time, Jess and her husband, Eric, enjoy the Black Hills with their children, especially skiing in the winter and camping in the summer.

Looking to the next session, Olson said, “like my neighbors in District 34, I am raising my family and running a business so the legislation we pass impacts my everyday life. My priority, as your Representative, is to make South Dakota the best place to live, work and raise a family.”

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14 thoughts on “Release: Representative Jess Olson serving District 34 Announces Re-election Bid”

  1. wonder what the people in her district will think of her NO vote on the transgender bill? And she spoke up with democrats on the floor. Protecting kids under 16 from dangerous drugs and mutilation isn’t getting between a doctor and the patients, its protecting children.

    1. She was talking about parent rights. I wish more Republicans followed the platform. Instead, one of the Republicans said parents are on meth and can’t make decisions about their kids. I wonder if they’ll say that when the homeschool parents start asking for less government oversight?

  2. I bet they agree with it, especially since the other District 34 rep voted the same way. Both of them chose to represent their district over the fringe faction of their party. I respect that.

    1. Fringe? It was a 46-23 vote to support the bill. A dozen or so of the mosr liberal Republicans including Olson decided to join the Democrats. Olson pretends to be a Republican, but it is in name only. She votes more liberal than most of the Democrats.

  6. It doesn’t take too much research to learn she has one of the most liberal voting records on the SD House.

    The NRA rated her at 0%.

    Equality SD, the pro-LGBT group, rated her at 100%.

    And the American Conservative Union rated her at 28%, scoring her as the lowest Republican in the SD House. For comparison, the ACU rated the overall average of both Republicans and Democrats at 64%. The average among Republicans was 70%. The average among Democrats was 29%. In other words, Rep. Olson not only voted further to the left than every other House Republican, but also further to the left than the average Democrat.

  8. The best way Olson can help “make South Dakota the best place to live, work and raise a family,” is not to run for office.

    1. Maybe you can help everyone reading this blog understand: why exactly is endorsing the sterilization of healthy children so good for business???

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