What is Billie Sutton?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Billie Sutton |image = Billie Sutton Headshot (cropped).jpg |office = Minority Leader of the [[South Dakota Senate]] |term_start = January 5, 2015 |term_end = January 8, 2019 |predecessor = [[Jason Frerichs]] |successor = [[Troy Heinert]] |state_senate1 = South Dakota |district1 = 21st |term_start1 = January 3, 2011 |term_end1 = January 8, 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Julie Bartling]] |successor1 = [[Rocky Blare]] |birth_name = Billie Harmon Sutton |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|16}} |birth_place = [[Burke, South Dakota]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Kelsea |children = 1 |education = [[University of Wyoming]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |website = {{URL|suttonforsd.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Billie Harmon Sutton''' (born March 16, 1984) is an American politician. He was the [[South Dakota Senate|South Dakota Senate Minority Leader]], and 2018 Democratic nominee for [[Governor of South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3843|title=SDLRC - Billie Harmon Sutton|website=sdlegislature.gov}}</ref> In 2010, Sutton was elected to the South Dakota Senate, representing District 21. In May 2017, Sutton announced his candidacy for Governor of South Dakota in 2018 at his family ranch in Burke, SD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/30/south-dakotas-top-dem-announce-2018-plans/354393001/|title=Democrats, Sutton enter South Dakota governor race|work=Argus Leader|access-date=2017-07-15|language=en}}</ref> He won the Democratic nomination, but lost the general election in November 2018 to Republican [[Kristi Noem]] by 2%. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Billie}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from South Dakota]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}