Dan Lederman (born November 25, 1972 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 16 from January 11, 2011 until he resigned on March 30, 2015. Lederman served consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 16 seat. In February 2017, Lederman was elected State Chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party in the first contested party chair election in decades. In February 2019, Lederman was re-elected on an uncontested basis to another term of office as chair of the South Dakota Republican Party. In January 2023, Lederman did not seek re-election and was succeeded by John Wiik. Education Lederman received his combat medic training at United States Army Medical Department Center and studied fine arts and religion at the University of Iowa. Employment Since the late 1990s, Lederman has been a partner in the family owned Lederman Bail Bonds business, founded by his father. Lederman serves as a Senior Advisor to Des Moines, IA based LS2 Group, working in grassroots organizing, media relations, political event planning, and social media for the organization. On October 12, 2016, Lederman registered with the Department of Justice's Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) office as an agent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for purposes of lobbying for changes to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). Projecting a fee of $8,500 for his services, Lederman registered in his capacity as a senior advisor at LS2 Group. LS2group received $76,500 in compensation for its work on the Saudi campaign against JASTA. Elections South Dakota House of Representatives 2006 To challenge House District 16 incumbent Democratic Representative Margaret V. Gillespie, Lederman and incumbent Republican Representative Joel Dykstra were unopposed for the June 6, 2006 Republican Primary, but in the four-way November 7, 2006 General election Republican Representative Dykstra took the first seat and Democratic Representative Gillespie took the second seat ahead of Lederman and Democratic nominee Ron Jenkins. 2008 When District 16 incumbent Democratic Representative Gillespie ran for South Dakota Senate and Republican Representative Dykstra left the Legislature leaving both District 16 seats open, Lederman ran in the three-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and placed first with 2,546 votes (53.69%); in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election Lederman took the first seat with 6,594 votes (33.86%) and