{{Short description|American politician and insurance agent}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rocky Blare | state_house = South Dakota | district = 21st | term_start = January 12, 2021 | predecessor = Caleb Finck | state_senate1 = South Dakota | district1 = 21st | term_start1 = 2019 | term_end1 = 2021 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Erin Tobin | party = Republican }}
'''Rocky Blare''' is an American politician and insurance agent serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 21st district. He previously represented the same district in the South Dakota Senate from 2019 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haiar|first=Joshua|title=Meet the Candidates: Rocky Blare|url=https://listen.sdpb.org/post/meet-candidates-rocky-blare|access-date=2020-08-16|website=listen.sdpb.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocky Blare|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Rocky_Blare|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SDLRC - Senator Rocky Blare - 2019|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Session=2019&Member=1602&Cleaned=True#divBills|access-date=2020-08-16|website=sdlegislature.gov}}</ref>
Blare lives outside Ideal, South Dakota with his wife, a public school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=http://votesmart.org/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Vote Smart}}</ref>
==Election history==
* 2018: Blare was elected with 4,918 votes to the South Dakota Senate defeating Julie Bartling who received 4,084 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=2018 General State Canvass Final Certificate|publisher=sdsos.gov|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2018GeneralElectionCanvassPDF.pdf|access-date=July 31, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421035854/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2018GeneralElectionCanvassPDF.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2020: Blare was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives with 6,330 votes; Caleb Finck was also re-elected with 5,038 votes and Jessica Hegge received 2,911 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2020GeneralStateCanvassFinal%26Certificate.pdf|title=2020 General State Canvass Final Certificate|publisher=sdsos.gov|access-date=July 31, 2021|archive-date=December 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212956/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/assets/2020GeneralStateCanvassFinal%26Certificate.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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