ELECTION 2010

Rich Sattgast, GOP, elected Treasurer, South Dakota.

BULLETIN (AP) — Rich Sattgast, GOP, elected Treasurer, South Dakota.

November 02, 2010

Thune: It’s a good night for Republicans

Sen. John Thune was able to schedule his victory speech well before the polls closed.
Thune, R-S.D., was unopposed for a second term. He held a press conference with South Dakota journalists and at least one national journalist.
“It has been an unusual election season for me,” Thune said during the brief call.

By Tom Lawrence , November 02, 2010

GOP takes Democrats' North Dakota Senate seat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have taken away a third Democratic Senate seat, winning North Dakota.

By Staff reports , November 02, 2010

GOP Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard elected SD governor

SIOUX FALLS — Republican Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard was elected South Dakota’s governor Tuesday, turning back a challenge from Scott Heidepriem, leader of the state Senate’s Democratic minority.

By Chet Brokaw , November 02, 2010

Unopposed Republican Thune retains SD Senate seat

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican John Thune has easily retained his U.S. Senate seat in a rare unopposed race.

By Dirk Lammers , November 02, 2010

Rubio, Paul lead GOP surge on expected big night

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans gained a Senate seat in Indiana, and tea party favorite Rand Paul coasted to victory in Kentucky in midterm elections Tuesday night, first fruits of a drive to break the Democrats’ grip on power in Congress.

By David Espo , November 02, 2010

Exit poll: Economy dominates voters' worries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters across the nation Tuesday said they were intensely worried about the future of the economy and unhappy with the way President Barack Obama and Congress are running things.

By Connie Cass , November 02, 2010

Republicans seek House majority, hope for wave

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren't just looking to wrest control of the House from the Democrats, they're hoping for an electoral cataclysm — a pickup of dozens of seats — to change the nation's direction in a year marked by voters’ economic anxieties and disappointment with President Barack Obama.

November 02, 2010

Dems scrape to limit Senate losses, keep majority

WASHINGTON (AP) — With nearly a dozen Democratic-held Senate seats in play, Republicans expect to cut deeply into Democrats’ majority but may fall short of winning control.

November 02, 2010

Americans vote to fill record 37 governorships

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters on Tuesday select governors in more than two-thirds of the states, the largest-ever number of gubernatorial races on the ballot. Republicans seek large statehouse gains to match a hoped-for sweep in Congress.

November 02, 2010

Voters cast ballots; Control of Congress at stake

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the Democratic Congress was put before voters Tuesday in midterm elections that drew Americans to balloting stations starting before dawn, some clamoring for change, others digging in their heels against resurgent Republicans. Expectations took hold in both camps that the political order was in for a makeover in these anxious times.

November 02, 2010

Polls open in South Dakota on Election Day

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Polls are open in South Dakota for voters to cast their ballots for governor, members of Congress and other elected offices.

November 02, 2010

In several ways, today's vote is one for history books

PIERRE — When voters go to their polling places across South Dakota for today’s general election, their ballots will be unique in several ways.
This is the first time since the direct election of U.S. senators by voters began in 1914 that an candidate is unopposed in South Dakota for election to the U.S. Senate.
No one filed to run against Republican incumbent John Thune as he seeks a second six-year term.

By Bob Mercer , November 02, 2010

Democrats stop in Mitchell, sounding an optimistic note

Democratic candidates are “sprinting to the finish,” according to Scott Heidepriem, the Democratic candidate for governor.
Heidepriem led a group of Democratic candidates who stopped Monday in Mitchell as part of a two-day “victory tour.”
Heidepriem said he feels all trends point to a win for him, making him the first Democrat to be elected governor in South Dakota since Dick Kneip won the last of three elections in 1974. He and his running mate, Ben Arndt, are running against Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Republican candidate, whose running mate is state Sen. Matt Michels.

By Tom Lawrence , November 02, 2010

Charges unlikely in alleged crimes by state GOP

Prosecution is unlikely for Republican campaign workers who allegedly broke the law by placing campaign material in mailboxes across Madison, according to a postal official contacted by The Daily Republic.
The South Dakota Democratic Party announced Sunday that it had lodged a formal complaint with the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General. The party claims that Republican political operatives illegally placed campaign flyers from Kristi Noem, Rich Sattgast and other Republican candidates directly in voters’ mailboxes.

By Austin Kaus , November 02, 2010