{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jim Stalzer | image = | state_senate = South Dakota | district = 11th | term_start = January 10, 2017 | term_end = | predecessor = David Omdahl | successor = | state_house2 = South Dakota | district2 = 11th | term_start2 = January 11, 2013 | term_end2 = January 9, 2017 | predecessor2 = Mark Willadsen | successor2 = Chris Karr | alongside2 = Christine Erickson <small>(2013–2014)</small><br>Mark Willadsen <small>(2014–2017)</small> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|7|7}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Carol Stalzer | children = 2 | alma_mater = | profession = | website = }}
'''James Bruce Stalzer'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/137861|title=Jim Stalzer's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> (born July 7, 1946) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has been a member of the South Dakota Senate, representing District 11 since 2017. He was previously a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 11 from 2013 to 2017.
==Elections==
===South Dakota House of Representatives=== In 2012, when incumbent Republican Representative Lora Hubbel ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 11 seat open, Stalzer ran in the four-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed second with 447 votes ahead of incumbent Representative Mark Willadsen; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, fellow Republican nominee Christine Erickson took the first seat and Stalzer took the second seat with 5,124 votes (27.88%) ahead of Democratic former Representative Darrell Solberg and Jim Larson,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST|title=Official Results General Election November 6, 2012|publisher=Secretary of State of South Dakota|location=Pierre, South Dakota|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> who had run for the seat in 2010.
===South Dakota state senate===
In 2016, Stalzer ran for the South Dakota Senate District 11 seat, after incumbent David Omdahl decided not to run for a second term. Stalzer was unopposed in the Republican primary, as was his Democratic counterpart, Tom Cool. Stalzer defeated Cool with 6,944 votes (60.78%) to 4,481 votes (39.22%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/south-dakota-state-senate-district-11|title=South Dakota 11th District State Senate Results: Jim Stalzer Wins|date=August 1, 2016|work=New York Times}}</ref> In 2018, Stalzer defeated Kevin Elsing with 6,190 votes (60.4%) to 4,058 votes (39.6%).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/07/south-dakota-election-results-senate-legislative-race/1891420002/|title=Election results: Who won statewide offices and Sioux Falls-area state legislative races?|date=November 7, 2018}}</ref>
==Criticism== In 2015, the police of Sioux Falls demanded Stalzer to apologize after he made controversial remarks regarding concealed weapons. Stalzer's answer to the demand was that he made a comparison between honesty and integrity of concealed weapons and their holders, and therefore he has nothing to apologize about.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2015/02/25/police-group-wants-apology-state-lawmaker/24007099/|first=Mark|last=Walker|title=Police group wants apology from state lawmaker|work=Argus Leader|date=February 25, 2015|accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=137861 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Jim_Stalzer Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1411811 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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