Scott Odenbach

Scott Odenbach is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district.

Scott Odenbach
Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2025
Preceded by	Will Mortenson
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 31st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 12, 2021 Serving with Mary Fitzgerald
Preceded by	Timothy Johns Dayle Hammock
Personal details
Born	(1972-08-16) August 16, 1972 (age 52)
Political party	Republican
Education	South Dakota State University (BS) University of South Dakota (JD)

Career

Odenbach served as assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Education. He is the owner and managing broker at Liberty Tree Properties realty and manages his own law firm.^[1] He served as a member of the Spearfish School Board from 2017 to 2020.^[2]

Election history

• 2020: Odenbach was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives with 8,104 votes along with Mary Fitzgerald, who received 6,920 votes and they defeated Brooke Abdallah who received 4,590 votes.^[3][4][5]

2020 South Dakota House of Representatives District 31 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Odenbach	8,104	41.32%
	Republican	Mary Fitzgerald	6,920	35.28%
	Democratic	Brooke Abdallah	4,590	23.40%
Total votes			19,614	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold