Marion Michael Rounds is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Dakota since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 31st governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011.
The 2014 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of South Dakota,concurrently with the election of the Governor of South Dakota,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota,concurrently with the election of South Dakota's Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Lora Lyn Hubbel is an American politician;a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and a former chair of the Minnehaha County Republican Party and the former state chair of the Constitution Party of South Dakota.
The 1894 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1894. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles H. Sheldon ran for re-election to a second term. Despite facing a thread of defeat at the Republican convention,Sheldon was renominated unanimously. In the general election,he faced Populist nominee Isaac Howe,a Spink County Judge;James A. Ward,the former state chairman of the South Dakota Democratic Party;and Prohibition nominee M. D. Alexander. The election was largely a replay of the gubernatorial elections of 1890 and 1892,with the Farmers' Alliance candidate placing second and the Democratic nominee placing a distant third. This time,however,Sheldon won an outright majority and the Democratic Party's vote share shrunk to just 11%,its worst performance in state history.
The 1896 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1896. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles H. Sheldon declined to run for re-election to a third term. Former Secretary of State Amund O. Ringsrud was nominated as Sheldon's replacement at the Republican convention. Ringrud's main opponent was businessman Andrew E. Lee,who was nominated by a makeshift coalition of Populists,Free Silver Republicans,and Democrats. In the general election,Lee narrowly defeated Ringsrud,the first defeat for the Republican Party in a gubernatorial election since statehood.
The 2018 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Dennis Daugaard was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
The 2020 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Rounds was reelected to a second term in office,overperforming Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by 4.93 points.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota was held on November 6,to elect the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other statewide,legislative,and local elections.
The 2022 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of South Dakota. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator John Thune,who is the Senate Minority Whip,was first elected in 2004,defeating Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle,the then-Senate Minority Leader. He ran for reelection to a fourth term. The Democratic nominee was 26-year Navy,Air Force JAG Corps veteran,and former college professor Brian Bengs. Thune was ultimately reelected,becoming the first Senator from South Dakota to be elected to a fourth term since Karl Mundt in 1966,and only the second to do so after Mundt.
The 1962 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 6,1962. Incumbent Republican Senator Francis H. Case ran for re-election to a third term. He won the Republican primary against Attorney General A. C. Miller,but shortly after the primary,died. The Republican State Central Committee named Lieutenant Governor Joseph H. Bottum as Case's replacement on the ballot,and Governor Archie Gubbrud appointed Bottum to fill the vacancy caused by Case's death. In the general election,Bottum was opposed by Democratic nominee George McGovern,the Director of Food for Peace and the former U.S. Congressman from South Dakota's 1st congressional district. The contest between Bottum and McGovern was quite close,with McGovern narrowly defeating him for election by just 597 votes,making him the first Democrat to win a Senate election in South Dakota since William J. Bulow's win in 1936.
The 1968 United States Senate election in South Dakota took place on November 5,1968. Incumbent Democratic Senator George McGovern ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by former Governor Archie M. Gubbrud,who was persuaded to enter the race by the South Dakota Republican establishment. McGovern defeated Gubbrud by a wide margin,even as Richard Nixon was defeating Hubert Humphrey in the state's presidential election in a landslide.
The 2018 South Dakota Attorney General election was held on November 6,2018. Incumbent attorney general Marty Jackley was term-limited and ran for Governor of South Dakota. In June 2018,the South Dakota Republican party nominated Jason Ravnsborg for attorney general and the Democratic party nominated Randy Seiler. Ravnsborg won the election to become the 31st attorney general of South Dakota.
The 2022 South Dakota gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,electing the governor of South Dakota. Incumbent Republican governor Kristi Noem defeated Democratic nominee Jamie Smith to win a second term.
The 1924 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1924. Incumbent Republican Governor William H. McMaster declined to run for re-election to a third term,instead opting to run for the U.S. Senate. Lieutenant Governor Carl Gunderson won the Republican primary unopposed. In the general election,he faced three prominent opponents:Democratic nominee William J. Bulow,a former State Senator and Mayor of Beresford;Farmer–Labor nominee A. L. Putnam;and perennial candidate Richard O. Richards. Gunderson. With the left-leaning vote split,Gunderson won the election in a landslide.
The 1926 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1926. Incumbent Republican Governor Carl Gunderson ran for re-election to a second term. The election was largely a rematch of the 1924 election,with Gunderson's chief opponent from two years prior,Democrat William J. Bulow,challenging him once again. Two other candidates—Farmer–Labor nominee Tom Ayres and Pierre Mayor John E. Hipple,an independent—also ran. Though the left-leaning vote was split,Bulow was still able to win a decisive victory over Gunderson,whose support from two years earlier had completely collapsed.
The 1928 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1928. Incumbent Democratic Governor William J. Bulow ran for re-election to a second term. In the general election,he faced Attorney General Buell F. Jones,the Republican nominee. Despite Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover overwhelmingly defeating Democratic nominee Al Smith overwhelmingly in South Dakota,Bulow defeated Jones by a decisive margin to retain the governorship. In so doing,he became the first Democratic candidate for Governor to receive a majority of the vote in the state's history.
The 1930 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1930. Incumbent Democratic Governor William J. Bulow declined to run for re-election to a third term,instead opting to successfully run for the U.S. Senate. The Republican nomination was hard-fought and the primary was crowded;because no candidate received 35% of the vote,state law required that the nomination be decided at a state party convention. There,former State Senator Warren Green,the last-place finisher in the primary,defeated Secretary of State Gladys Pyle,the plurality winner. In the general election,Green faced D. A. McCullough,the state's Rural Credits Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Despite Bulow's success in the preceding two elections,Green defeated McCullough by a decisive margin—even as Bulow himself was elected to the U.S. Senate.
The 1932 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1932. Incumbent Republican Governor Warren Green ran for re-election to a second term. He defeated former Governor Carl Gunderson in the Republican primary and faced former State Representative Tom Berry,the Democratic nominee,in the general election. Aided by Democratic presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory in South Dakota,Berry defeated Green for re-election in a landslide.
The 1938 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1938. Incumbent Republican Governor Leslie Jensen declined to seek re-election and instead unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate. Harlan J. Bushfield,the former chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party,won the Republican primary to succeed Jensen. In the general election,he faced Democratic nominee Oscar Fosheim,a state representative from Miner County,in the general election. Bushfield defeated Fosheim by a relatively close margin,winning his first term as governor.
