South Dakota 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: South Dakota 2005 Off Year Elections

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South Dakota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	756,874	(0.27% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	543,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	471,152
Capital:	Pierre

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South Dakota State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Tim Johnson • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator John Thune • First elected: 2004. (also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1996; re-elected: 1998, 2000. Unsuccessful candidate for Senate 2002.) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Mike Rounds • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor. No separate primaries for Gov and Lt Gov.

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

At-Large	Democratic	Congressman Stephanie Herseth • First elected: 1 June 2004 in a Special Election to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Congressman William Janklow. Re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Secretary of State Chris Nelson • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Attorney General Larry Long • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Treasurer Vern Larson • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Auditor Rich Sattgast • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of School and Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	School and Public Lands Commissioner Bryce Healy • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

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	• Democratic
	• Green
	• Libertarian
	• Republican

2002-2010 Congressional District 2002-2010 CDs

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.