Background
Hunhoff, Bernie P. was born on September 5, 1951 in Yankton, South Dakot. Son of Bernard P. Senior and Margaret (Modde) Hunhoff.
Hunhoff, Bernie P. was born on September 5, 1951 in Yankton, South Dakot. Son of Bernard P. Senior and Margaret (Modde) Hunhoff.
Hunhoff attended -Springfield and earned his Bachelor from Mount Marty College in 1974. He is a 1969 graduate of Yankton High School and attended rural country schools.
Hunhoff is also a writer and journalist. He wrote for the Madison Daily Leader and the Watertown Public Opinion in South Dakota before starting his own weekly paper, the Missouri Valley Observer, in 1978. In 1985 he founded South Dakota Magazine, a bimonthly journal that explores the history, culture and geography of the state.
He has also authored and co-authored several books, including Uniquely South Dakota, South Dakota Curiosities and South Dakota"s Best Stories.
They live in Yankton. 2012 When incumbent Republican Representative Nick Moser left the Legislature and left a District 18 seat open, Hunhoff ran in the June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary.
In the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, Hunhoff took the first seat with 5,589 votes (314%) and Republican nominee Mike Stevens took the second seat ahead of Republican nominee Thomas Stotz and Democratic nominee Charlie Gross. 1994 Hunhoff was unopposed for both the June 7, 1994 Democratic Primary and the November 8, 1994 General election, winning with 7,024 votes.
1996 Hunhoff was unopposed for both the 1996 Democratic Primary and the November 5, 1996 General election, winning with 7,103 votes.
Hunhoff"s running mate was Elsie Meeks, the first Native American woman to be a nominee for statewide office in the state. 2008 When House District 18 incumbent Republican Representative Charlotte Gilson left the Legislature and left a District 18 seat open, Hunhoff ran in the June 3, 2008 Democratic Primary. In the four-way November 4, 2008 General election Hunhoff took the first seat with 6,014 votes (34%) and Republican nominee Nick Moser took the second seat ahead of incumbent Democratic Representative and former Senator Garry Moore and Republican nominee Daniel Rupiper.
2010 Hunhoff ran in the June 8, 2010 Democratic Primary.
In the four-way November 2, 2010 General election, incumbent Republican Representative Moser took the first seat and Hunhoff took the second seat with 4,957 votes (319%) ahead of former Representative Charlotte Gilson and fellow Democratic nominee Jay Williams. 2014 Hunhoff ran unopposed in the June 3rd, 2014 Democratic Primary.
Hunhoff was non-consecutively a member of the South Dakota Senate for District 18 from January 1993 until January 1999, and has been the House minority leader since January 13, 2009.
Married Myrna Mulloy, 1974. Children: Katie, Chris.