Former Secretary of State staffer to make second run at House seat

Logan Manhart previously ran but dropped out due to legal challenges over residency

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A recently departed staffer of the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office will make a second run at a House seat in the state’s First Legislative District. 

Logan Manhart, 25, announced his candidacy for the northeast South Dakota legislative district Saturday morning in a Facebook post. 

“As a Brown County native, District 1 is my home and I care about the community I live in just like everyone else,” Manhart said, touting his support for the Second Amendment and family values. 

Manhart previously ran for the same position in 2022, but removed himself from the race in the face of a legal challenge over the status of his residency by the state’s Democratic Party. Manhart’s Democratic opponent for the seat had initiated a lawsuit seeking to remove Manhart from the ballot, contending that he did not live in South Dakota for the prior two years as required by state law to run for the Legislature. 

Manhart, a native of northeast South Dakota, was registered to vote where he attended college in Wisconsin. The complaint alleged that he had lived in the state as recently as 2021, just a year before the General Election. 

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