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South Dakota Secretary of State - Election Information
2010 South Dakota Congressional and Statewide Races
Filing Deadline / New Party: 3/30/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/8/10, Primary: 6/8/10, Run-Off: 6/29/10, General Election: 11/2/10,
Last Updated: January 9, 2010 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
Governor, 61.7% in '06, 2nd term, Mike Rounds (R) barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:    Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Likely Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-Up, |
| St. Sen. Scott N. Heidepriem (D), banker Mike Huether (D)?, '02 Gov. candidate / '02 & '06 Att. Gen. nominee / ex-St. Sen. Ron J. Volesky (D), |
Lt. Gov. Dennis M. Daugaard (R), ex-Sioux Falls Mayor Gary Hanson (R), St. Sen. Gordon Howie (R), St. Sen. David "Dave" Knudson (R), Rancher Ken Knuppe (R), hospital CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft (R), ex-St. Sen. Bill Napoli (R)?, Brookings Mayor Scott Munsterman (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 61.7% in '06, 2nd term, might run for Governor, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:    Republican, |
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Dennis M. Daugaard (R), |
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Secretary of State, 99% in '06, 2nd term, Chris Nelson (R) running for Congress, next electon in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:   Republican, |
| St. Sen. Ben Nesselhuf (D), |
Dep. Sec. of St. Teresa Bray (R), St. Sen. Jason Gant (R), |
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Attorney General, 64.7% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Larry Long (R), |
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Auditor, 99% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Rich Sattgast (R), |
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Treasurer, unopposed in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Vern Larson (R), |
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Public School Commissioner, 49.6% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Jarrod Johnson (R), |
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| Public Utility Commissioner, 64.9% in 08, 3rd term, |
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Gary Hasnon (R), |
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| Public Utility Commissioner, 54.8% in '04 1st term, |
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Dusty Johnson (R), |
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Senator, 50.6% in '04, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Ken Rubin: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, |
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John R. Thune (R), |
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Senator, 62.5% in '08, 3rd term, next election in 20014, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:   Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Timothy Johnson (D), |
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At-Large Congressional District, 67.6% in '08, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:   Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Likely Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Democrat Favored, |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D), |
St. Rep. R. Blake Curd (R), Sec. of St. Chris Nelson (R), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
= Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
3. Key to South Dakota Political Parties:
4. South Dakota Media Links:
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