Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Kristi L. Noem

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · South DakotaHouse 2011–2019 (SD-AL)

Kristi Noem was a Republican U.S. representative from South Dakota, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th Congress).

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74Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

11Passed a chamberof 72 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–115th Congress

38Broke with partyof 635 yes/no votes, 112th (6.0%)

23Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (3.5%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5874 Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2018
Dec 28, 2018 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 872.
H.R. 7000 Tribal Tax Empowerment and Jobs Act of 2018
Sep 28, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
H.R. 3500 Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2018
Jul 25, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
H.R. 6329 Family Business Legacy Act of 2018
Jul 10, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 6031 PRINT Act
Jun 12, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 291 (113th) Black Hills Cemetery Act
Became law
H.R. 1633 (112th) Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
Passed a chamber
H.R. 350 (114th) Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5332 (114th) Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2016
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2484 (115th) Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3724 (114th) Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2016
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2792 (115th) Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3839 (114th) Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act
Passed a chamber

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Noem has won

Rep. Noem has won 4 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.2 to 33.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 2.2 points2010, SD-AL

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, South Dakota (at-large)Winners, most recent three: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) 2004–2008 → Kristi L. Noem (R) 2010–2016 → Dusty Johnson (R) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has South Dakota done while Rep. Noem served?

2011 to 2018 in South Dakota: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.5 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

South Dakota: $67.7K in 2011 → $70.5K in 2018

South Dakota about the sameU.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

South Dakota: 13.9% in 2011 → 13.1% in 2018

South Dakota about the sameU.S. down 2.8 points

Share of workers looking for a job

South Dakota: 5.5% in 2011 → 3.0% in 2018

South Dakota down 2.5 pointsU.S. down 5.3 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in South Dakota during Noem’s time representing it (2011 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

South Dakota’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 34 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	34	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	33	See the 33 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	4	See the 4 →
With a committee report listed	3	See the 3 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.