South Dakota 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: South Dakota 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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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

If no candidate for United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives or Governor receives 35% of the vote in the primary, a secondary election, between the two highest vote getters, shall be held two weeks from the date of the primary election.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Tim Johnson • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Mike Rounds • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with the Governor. No separate primaries for Gov and Lt Gov.

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Dennis M. Daugaard • First elected: 2002; re-elected 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}		Democratic	Congressman Stephanie M. Herseth Sandlin • 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 2 November 2010

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Secretary of State Chris Nelson • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - At term limit. Candidate for the U.S. House in 2010.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Attorney General Marty J. Jackley • Appointed 4 September 2009 upon the resignation of Attorney General Larry Long. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
	30 July 2009: Attorney General Larry Long, who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, is appointed to a judicial position in the Second Judicial Circuit by Governor Mike Rounds. Mr. Long will resign on 4 September. 19 August 2009: Governor Mike Rounds appointed former U.S. Attorney for South Dakota Marty Jackley as Attorney General. 4 September 2009: Marty Jackley is sworn as South Dakota's 30th Attorney General.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Treasurer Vern L. Larson • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	Auditor Rich Sattgast • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Commissioner of School and Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

		Republican	School and Public Lands Commissioner Jarrod Johnson • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents
	• Republican: 8 incumbents
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.