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South Dakota Governor’s Race Set

South Dakota Governor’s Race Set

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South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard breezed to a Republican primary victory in his bid for a second full term in office.

He topped lesser-known challenger former state Rep. Lora Hubbel, of Sioux Falls by a margin of eighty one to nineteen percent.

Daugaard said he was glad to get past the primary…

 

State Represenatative Susan Wismer of Britton won the Democratic bid for South Dakota governor.

She defeated the former head of the state’s wildfire agency, Joe Lowe.

Wismer has been in the Legislature since 2009. She said it was a good race…

She won with a fifty five to forty five percent margin.

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