---
type: Person
title: "John Sjaarda"
description: "SD House District 2 — SD State House of Representatives District 2"
role: "SD House District 2"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "SD"
district: "SD State House of Representatives District 2"
represents: "us/states/sd/districts/house/2"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-10"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "ab2f46a5-33f0-4779-9f0f-00608f3732cb"
  office: "2f1ec9a3-edfd-4fbd-b8e1-698bc60385f4"
  tenure: "94359d5e-0ab3-4c0d-9bf7-ec58385a157a"
  jurisdiction: "7c6db661-dff2-49a6-a48e-bb3649ddf4e8"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, sd]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# John Sjaarda

Current SD House District 2 (SD State House of Representatives District 2).

Represents [SD State House of Representatives District 2](/us/states/sd/districts/house/2.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).