Peri Pourier

Peri Pourier
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
from the 27th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Preceded byLiz May
Personal details
Born (1983-03-07) March 7, 1983 (age 43)
Citizenship
PartyDemocratic (before 2025)
Republican (2025–present)

Peri Pourier (born March 7, 1983) 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

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.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peri R. Pourier". Sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
  2. ↑ "South Dakota Representative announces switch from Democrat to Republican". Dakota News Now. September 22, 2025. Archived from the original on September 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Peri Pourier". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "SDLRC - Representative Peri Pourier - 2020". sdlegislature.gov. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Vote Smart - Facts For All".
  6. ↑ "BC-SD--South Dakota Weekend Exchange Digest, SD". AP NEWS. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Rep. Peri Pourier Reflects". Lakota Country Times. February 28, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2020.