Taffy Howard
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Preceded byMichael Diedrich
Preceded byScott Craig
Jacqueline Sly
Jacqueline Sly
Succeeded byCurt Massie
BornTaffy Chewning
October 3, 1968
October 3, 1968
Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
Taffy Howard | |
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 Howard in 2024 | |
| Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 34th district | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Diedrich |
| Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 33rd district | |
| In office January 10, 2017 – January 10, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Scott Craig Jacqueline Sly |
| Succeeded by | Curt Massie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taffy Chewning October 3, 1968 Decatur, Georgia, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mark Howard |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | South Dakota State University (BS) |
| Website | Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1989–1993 |
Taffy D. Howard (née Chewning)[1] is an American politician who has served in the South Dakota Senate representing the 34th district as a Republican since 2025. She previously served in the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 33rd district from 2017 to 2023.[2][3][4] She unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House to represent South Dakota's at-large congressional district in 2022.
Howard was born in Decatur, Georgia. Raised in a military family, she moved to South Dakota as a teenager and graduated from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the South Dakota State University.[5]