{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Lee Qualm |office = Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives |term_start = January 10, 2017 |term_end = January 12, 2021 |predecessor = Brian Gosch |successor = Kent Peterson |state_house1 = South Dakota |district1 = 21st |term_start1 = January 11, 2013 |term_end1 = January 12, 2021 |predecessor1 = James Schaefer |successor1 = Rocky Blare |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1954|2|23}}}} |birth_place = Platte, South Dakota, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = Mitchell Technical Institute |website = {{URL|leequalmforhouse.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Lee D. Qualm'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121364 |title= Lee Qualm's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |access-date= January 13, 2014}}</ref> (born February 23, 1954) is an American politician who served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from January 11, 2013 to January 12, 2021.<ref name="SDL">{{cite web |url=http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=515 |title=Representative Lee Qualm |publisher=South Dakota Legislature |location=Pierre, South Dakota |access-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3864|title = South Dakota Legislature}}</ref>
==Elections== *2012 When District 21 incumbent Republican Representative James Schaefer redistricted to District 26, Qualm and appointed Representative David Scott ran unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, former Democratic Senator Julie Bartling took the first seat and Qualm took the second seat with 4,421 votes (27.07%) ahead of Representative Scott and Democratic nominee Gary Coleman.<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 |access-date= January 13, 2014}}</ref> *2010 When District 21 incumbent Republican Representatives Thomas Deadrick was term limited and retired and left a District 21 seat open, Qualm ran in the three-way June 8, 2010 Republican Primary but lost to incumbent Representative Kent Juhnke and James Schaefer, who went on to win the four-way November 2, 2010 General election against Democratic nominees David Reis (a perennial candidate who had sought legislative seats in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008) and Norm Cihak.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=515 Official page] at the South Dakota Legislature *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140114075829/http://leequalmforhouse.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=121364 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Lee_Qualm Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=142044 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-sd-hs}} {{s-bef|before=Brian Gosch}} {{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives|years=2017–2021}} {{s-aft|after=Kent Peterson}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Qualm, Lee}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives Category:People from Platte, South Dakota Category:21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature
{{SouthDakota-politician-stub}}