---
type: Person
title: "Lauren Nelson"
description: "SD Senate District 18 — SD State Senate District 18"
role: "SD Senate District 18"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "SD"
district: "SD State Senate District 18"
represents: "us/states/sd/districts/senate/18"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-14"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "da61dfe0-d0aa-44d5-aa8b-a050a8dd4261"
  office: "e1e7bc23-65c4-43cf-9ad4-15b969219620"
  tenure: "9efdd7b2-5791-4598-9b18-6d2ebb90125a"
  jurisdiction: "6a27cc02-528a-445d-8d3c-c385c4f6575d"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, sd]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Lauren Nelson

Current SD Senate District 18 (SD State Senate District 18).

Represents [SD State Senate District 18](/us/states/sd/districts/senate/18.md).

## Sources

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

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