The Green Papers: General Election 2000

Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm South Dakota
Primary: Tuesday, June 6, 2000
2000 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
1990 Census:696,004(0.28% of 248,765,170)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):452,785
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):538,000 
Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Polls Close: 8 pm EST / 7 PM CST (0100 UTC). The polls close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
Candidates seeking office
Democrat:2
Independent:1
Libertarian:1
Reform:1
Republican:2
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President  Electoral votes: 3, Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime; Electors: How Appointed, Meeting Place, How they voted; Total Popular Vote: 316,269; List of States: Short, Long
 CandidateLibertarian 1,662 0.53% Harry Browne
 CandidateReform 3,322 1.05% Pat Buchanan
 WinnerRepublican190,700 60.30% Governor George W. Bush
(3 Electoral Votes)
 CandidateDemocrat118,804 37.56% Vice President Albert A. "Al" Gore, Jr.
 CandidateIndependent 1,781 0.56% Howard Phillips
Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Republican  William J. Janklow
First elected to these terms: 1994; re-elected: 1998 [had previously been elected Governor in 1978 and re-elected in 1982]
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Democrat  Tim Johnson
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Class 3Democrat  Tom Daschle
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
1 Republican
At-LargeRepublican  John R. Thune
Renominated - 6 June 2000 Primary
 CandidateDemocrat  Curt Hohn
 WinnerRepublican  Congressman John R. Thune
Congressional District
South Dakota has been allocated only 1 Representative in Congress at large; therefore, the entire state consists of, in effect, only one statewide Congressional District.