district residence state_senate succeeded religion birth_place party preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end occupation alma_mater
19th 19th scotland , south dakota south dakota bill van gerpen bill van gerpen roman catholic yankton , south dakota democrat bill van gerpen jim putnam south dakota 27 september 1956 january 14 , 2003 11 , 2011 january 8 , 1991 january joan marie novak frank kloucek
 january 14 , 2003 january 11 , 2011 farmer south dakota state university
frank kloucek

frank j. kloucek is a former democratic member of the south dakota house of representatives and south dakota senate for district 19 .
he served a term in the south dakota house from 1991 through 1992 , 4 terms in the south dakota senate from 1993 through 2000 , another term in the house from 2001 through 2002 , another 4 terms in the senate from 2003 through 2010 and another term in the south dakota house of representatives from 2011 through 2012 .
frank served as the democratic whip for 3 terms and as the vice-chair of the senate agricultural and natural resources committee in the 1993-1994 session .
he was defeated in his 2012 bid for south dakota senate .
