2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election

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2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election
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Nominee Dennis Daugaard Scott Heidepriem
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Matt Michels Ben Arndt
Popular vote195,024122,010
Percentage61.51%38.49%
2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Daugaard:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Heidepreim:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Mike Rounds
Republican

Elected Governor

Dennis Daugaard
Republican

The 2010 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of South Dakota to a four-year term. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Rounds was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

Contents

Republican candidate Dennis Daugaard was elected, defeating Democratic candidate Scott Heidepriem.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

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Primary results by county
Daugaard
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   <40%
Munsterman
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Howie
  •   30–40%
Knuppe
  •   <30%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Daugaard42,26650.4
Republican Scott Munsterman14,73317.6
Republican Dave Knudson13,21715.8
Republican Gordon Howie10,43012.4
Republican Ken Knuppe3,1863.8
Total votes83,832 100

Democratic primary

Candidate

Results

Heidepriem faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [7] Likely ROctober 14, 2010
Rothenberg [8] Safe ROctober 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [9] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Likely ROctober 28, 2010
CQ Politics [11] Likely ROctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredDennis Daugaard (R)Scott Heidepriem (D)
Nielson Brothers Polling [12] October 20–22, 201043%40%
Rasmussen Reports [13] October 20, 201055%36%
Rasmussen Reports [13] October 9, 201057%37%
Rasmussen Reports [13] September 8, 201057%28%
Rasmussen Reports [14] August 3, 201059%27%
Rasmussen Reports [15] July 6, 201052%35%
Rasmussen Reports [16] June 10, 201052%36%
Rasmussen Reports [17] May 26, 201051%36%
Rasmussen Reports [18] April 21, 201053%33%
Rasmussen Reports [18] March 25, 201049%32%
Rasmussen Reports [19] February 23, 201041%32%
Public Policy Polling [20] December 10–13, 200942%29%

Results

South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2010 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dennis Daugaard 195,046 61.51% −0.18%
Democratic Scott Heidepriem 122,03738.49%+2.36%
Majority 73,00923.03%−2.54%
Turnout 317,083
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. 1 2 Brokaw, Chet (December 23, 2008). "Dave Knudson will run for governor". NewsOK. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Sen. Dave Knudson will run for governor". KXNet.com. December 23, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.{{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 Kevin Woster (January 7, 2010). "Howie outlines conservative agenda for governor's campaign". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  4. ↑ Drew Sandholm. "INTERVIEW: Ken Knuppe On Education" [ permanent dead link ], ABC News affiliate KSFY-TV. July 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ "South Dakota Primary Results". Politico. June 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ Emily Caldei Heidepriem Fills Party's South Dakota Gov Gap Archived August 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine . July 28, 2009. Eye on 2010 Blog, CQPolitics.com
  7. ↑ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  12. ↑ Nielson Brothers Polling Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  13. 1 2 3 Rasmussen Reports
  14. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  15. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  16. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  17. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  18. 1 2 Rasmussen Reports
  19. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  20. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  21. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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