Peri Pourier

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Peri Pourier
Member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
from the 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Oglala Lakota
Political partyRepublican (since 2025), Democratic (until 2025)

Peri Pourier is an American attorney and politician serving as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th district. Elected in November 2018, she assumed office on January 8, 2019.

Career

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Pourier has served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th district since 2019. She was elected as a Democrat but switched to become a Republican in September 2025, citing the Democratic Party's perceived soft-on-crime stances as well as the Indian Reorganization Act signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934.[1]

Prior to entering politics, she worked as a background investigator.[2][3][4][5] As of 2022 her official profile listed her occupation as “small business owner”.[6] Pourier is a member of the Oglala tribal group and lives in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/09/22/south-dakota-representative-announces-switch-democrat-republican/
  2. ^ "Peri Pourier". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "SDLRC - Representative Peri Pourier - 2020". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Peri Pourier's Biography
  5. ^ "BC-SD--South Dakota Weekend Exchange Digest, SD". AP NEWS. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "SDLRC - Representative Peri Pourier - 2020". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rep. Peri Pourier Reflects". Lakota Country Times. February 28, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2020.


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