United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2010

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United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2010
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Nominee Kristi Noem Stephanie Herseth Sandlin B. Thomas Marking
Party Republican Democratic Nonpartisan
Popular vote153,703146,58919,134
Percentage48.1%45.9%6.0%
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County Results
Herseth Sandlin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     90–100%
Noem:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Kristi Noem
Republican

The 2010 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Voters selected a representative for their single At-Large district, who run on a statewide ballot. On June 8, 2010, the Republicans nominated Kristi Noem, Assistant Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives and the Democrats nominated the incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. In the general election, Noem defeated Herseth Sandlin, winning 48.1 percent of the vote to 45.9 percent for Herseth Sandlin.

Kristi Noem Governor of South Dakota

Kristi Lynn Noem is an American politician who is the 33rd governor of South Dakota, serving since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Noem was elected governor in 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the office.

South Dakota House of Representatives lower house of U.S. state legislature

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Stephanie Herseth Sandlin South Dakota politician

Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin is an American attorney and university administrator who served in the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in June 2004 and was re-elected three times before losing her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House and the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin, she was known as Stephanie Herseth.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Nominee

Announced

Potential

Steve Hildebrand is a Democratic political strategist based out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was the deputy national campaign director of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

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Republican

Nominee

Announced

Richard Blake Curd is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 12 since June 6, 2013. Curd served non-consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 seat. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the 2010 election. Curd was appointed to the South Dakota Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator J. Mark Johnston.

Chris Nelson is an American politician and current South Dakota Public Utilities Commission member and former Secretary of State of South Dakota. A Republican, he was a candidate to become U.S. Representative from South Dakota's At-large congressional district in 2010 but lost to Kristi Noem in the Republican primary.

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No longer running

  • Thad Wasson, a technician [6] [7]

Declined

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Independent

Issues

During the general election campaign, Republicans criticized Herseth Sandlin's voting record. They also criticized her lobbyist husband's list of clients, noting that the companies had interests in legislation that would come before Congress. [9] Noem pointed out that the National Association of Broadcasters paid Herseth Sandlin's husband, Max Sandlin, a lobbyist and former Congressman, $320,000 during the years 2008 and 2009 to lobby on their behalf, including a bill co-sponsored by Herseth Sandlin called the Local Radio Freedom Act. [9] [10] Herseth Sandlin responded that Noem's example was "laughable". [10] The Rapid City Journal editorial board stated that Herseth Sandlin should not be laughing at a legitimate concern. [11] Roll Call called the Republican effort an attempt "to stoke anti-Beltway emotions". [9] Herseth Sandlin's campaign responded that she did not allow family members to lobby her or her staff. [9] According to a Washington attorney, Herseth Sandlin's policy seemed compliant with House ethics rules that had been tightened in 2007, though Republicans charged Herseth Sandlin was violating the spirit of the conflict interest rules. [9] "The Sunlight Foundation, Public Citizen and other watchdog groups are highly critical of Herseth Sandlin and other Members whose relatives work Congressional corridors", according to Roll Call. [9] The groups have said the House ethics rules should be comparable to the Senate's rules and should ban all lobbying "under the Dome" by relatives of Members. [9]

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Max Sandlin American politician

Max Allen Sandlin Jr. is a former Democratic Congressman who served eight years (1997–2005) in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas District 1.

The Rapid City Journal is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. It is the second-largest newspaper in South Dakota and covers Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Polling

Poll SourceDates AdministeredStephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)Kristi Noem (R)
Rasmussen Reports 2010-02-23 49%34%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-03-25 46%35%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-04-26 50%35%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-05-27 46%43%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-06-14 41%53%
Rasmussen Reports [12] 2010-07-06 44%49%
Rasmussen Reports [13] 2010-08-03 42%51%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-09-08 47%45%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-10-04 44%47%
Rasmussen Reports 2010-10-20 44%49%

On October 24, 2010, Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight.com New York Times blog predicted that there was a 77.5% chance that Noem would defeat Sandlin. [14]

Results

South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Kristi Noem 153,70348.12+15.68
Democratic Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (Incumbent)146,58945.89-21.67
Independent B. Thomas Marking19,1345.99+5.99
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
Turnout 319,426

Fundraising

The race saw each candidate spend over $1.75 million and was the first in Herseth Sandlin's career where she was outspent. [15]

Funding from political parties and interest groups totaled $2,651,621 for the race, with 78% benefiting Noem. [16] Groups supporting Herseth-Sandlin included the DCCC and CUNA. Noem was supported by the American Action Network, the NRCC and the American Future Fund. [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statewide Candidate List" (PDF). sd.gov. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  2. 1 2 "Herseth Sandlin running for reelection - The Scorecard". Politico.Com. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  3. ↑ "CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Obama campaign guru eyes House seat « - Blogs from CNN.com". Politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  4. ↑ http://www.curdforcongress.com/
  5. ↑ http://www.nelsonforsd.com/
  6. ↑ "Yankton Press & Dakotan > Archives > News > S.D. Legislator Considers U.S. House". Yankton.net. 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  7. ↑ Author, Guest (2010-01-07). "It's Official: Thad Wasson Ends Congressional Campaign, Endorses Curd". Dakotavoice.com. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  8. ↑ "Yankton Press & Dakotan > Archives > News > Krebs Decides Against U.S. House Run". Yankton.net. 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Murray, Matthew (2010-07-26). "GOP Assails Sandlin Family Ties". Roll Call . Retrieved 2011-03-07. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin’s family situation is becoming a major headache for the South Dakota Democrat in her tough re-election bid, with Republicans ramping up their criticisms of her voting record — and her lobbyist husband’s extensive list of clients. In March 2007, the lawmaker married lobbyist and ex-Rep. Max Sandlin, a Texas Democrat who lost his seat to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) in 2004.
  10. 1 2 Montgomery, David (2010-09-27). "Noem targets Herseth Sandlin's lobbyist husband in heated House race". Rapid City Journal . Retrieved 2011-03-07. As Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin battles Republican challenger Kristi Noem in this fall’s election, she has found herself under attack from Republicans for her husband’s day job -– political lobbyist. Noem and her campaign are claiming Herseth Sandlin is being improperly influenced by lobbying contracts of Max Sandlin, a former Texas congressman who married the congresswoman in 2007.
  11. ↑ "Sandlin's job no laughing matter". Rapid City Journal . 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Herseth Sandlin's claim that transparency and disclosure are adequate doesn't cut it. She should not be laughing off this legitimate concern.|first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  12. ↑ Woster, Kevin. Poll: Herseth Sandlin gains back ground, but Noem still leads in House race, Rapid City Journal , July 9, 2010.
  13. ↑ Rasmussen, Scott (2010-08-06). "Election 2010: South Dakota House of Representatives". Rasmussen Reports. Retrieved 2010-08-07. Republican Kristi Noem again passes the 50% mark of support this month against incumbent Democrat Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in the race for South Dakota’s only House seat.
  14. ↑ Silver, Nate (2010-10-20). "FiveThirtyEight Forecasts South Dakota At Large District". New York Times . Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  15. ↑ Montgomery, David (October 22, 2010). "Noem cruises past Herseth Sandlin in campaign funding in U.S. House race". Rapid City Journal.
  16. 1 2 "Campaign cash: South Dakota's 1st congressional district". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
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