---
type: Person
title: "Karla Lems"
description: "SD House District 16 — SD State House of Representatives District 16"
role: "SD House District 16"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "SD"
district: "SD State House of Representatives District 16"
represents: "us/states/sd/districts/house/16"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-10"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "9d37397a-8161-4915-bd37-7f8930aee8b3"
  office: "70bfab11-af16-4d50-8c39-6dfb6f1da94e"
  tenure: "042dbcf6-284f-4be2-ba2d-afd6723bba5c"
  jurisdiction: "607c1339-3e17-473e-bea7-9946ad46f3d7"
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"
---

# Karla Lems

Current SD House District 16 (SD State House of Representatives District 16).

Represents [SD State House of Representatives District 16](/us/states/sd/districts/house/16.md).

## Sources

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

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