# Lee Qualm

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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Lee Qualm
|office       = Majority Leader of the [South Dakota House of Representatives](/source/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives)
|term_start   = January 10, 2017
|term_end     = January 12, 2021
|predecessor  = [Brian Gosch](/source/Brian_Gosch)
|successor    = [Kent Peterson](/source/Kent_Peterson_(politician))
|state_house1 = South Dakota
|district1    = 21st
|term_start1  = January 11, 2013
|term_end1    = January 12, 2021
|predecessor1 = [James Schaefer](/source/James_Schaefer)
|successor1   = [Rocky Blare](/source/Rocky_Blare)
|birth_date   = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1954|2|23}}}}
|birth_place  = [Platte, South Dakota](/source/Platte%2C_South_Dakota), U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|education    = [Mitchell Technical Institute](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/South_Dakota_Legislature) |location=[Pierre, South Dakota](/source/Pierre%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) Senator [Julie Bartling](/source/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](/source/Thomas_Deadrick) was [term limit](/source/term_limit)ed 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](/source/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](/source/perennial_candidate) who had sought legislative seats in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008) and Norm Cihak.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=515 Official page] at the [South Dakota Legislature](/source/South_Dakota_Legislature)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140114075829/http://leequalmforhouse.com/ Campaign site]
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{{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the [South Dakota House of Representatives](/source/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives)|years=2017–2021}}
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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

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