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Partisan voters to decide 45 primaries in June 4 election
Hundreds of South Dakotans all across the state are hoping to represent their neighbors at the state Capitol in Pierre for the next two years.
But for many partisans with intra-party competition, they’ll first need to earn their parties’ nominations during next week’s South Dakota primary election in order to advance to the general election in November.
Those races could ultimately determine the direction of each chamber over the next two years, and who the leaders of both the House and the Senate are.
The Dakota Scout sent a series of three questions and a request for pieces of biographical information to all legislative candidates running in contested primary races for the state House and Senate in the June 4 election. Candidates were asked to limit their responses to each question to 150 words or less.
Of the 45 different contests, only one includes a Democratic race — Sen. Red Dawn Foster faces a challenge for her Senate seat. The remaining races below are all Republican primaries.
The top two voter getters in House primary contests will advance to the general election, while one senate candidate will earn a spot on the November ballot.
Races are in order based on the district number, and candidates are listed in the order they appear on the ballot.
District 1 House:Â
Logan Manhart (R)
Tamara St John (R)
Christopher Reder (R)
District 2 House:
Jake Schoenbeck (R)
John Sjaarda (R)
David Kull (R)
District 3 Senate:
Katherine (Katie) Washnok (R)
Carl Perry (R)
District 4 Senate:Â
Fred Deutsch (R)
Stephanie Sauder (R)
District 4 House:Â
Dylan Jordan (R)
Vanessa Namken (R)
Barbara Guenette (R)
Kent Roe (R)
District 5 House:
Bryon I. Callies (R)
Josephine Garcia (R)
Matt Roby (R)
District 6 House:Â
Wendi Hogan (R)
Herman Otten (R)
Aaron Aylward (R)
District 7 House:
Roger DeGroot (R)
Jeffrey Struwe (R)
Mellissa Heermann (R)
District 8 Senate:
Casey Crabtree (R)
Rick Weible (R)
District 8 House:Â
Matt Wagner (R)
Tim Walburg (R)
Tim Reisch (R)
District 9 Senate:Â
Joy Hohn (R)
Mark Willadsen (R)
District 9 House:
Bethany Soye (R)
Kristi Golden (R)
Daryl Christensen (R)
Test Schwans (R)
District 11 House:Â
Bill Linsenmeyer (R)
Brian Mulder (R)
Keri Weems (R)
John Kunnari (R)
District 12 House:Â
Amber Arlint (R)
Greg Jamison (R)
Manny Steele (R)
District 13 House:
John Hughes (R)
Brad Jankord (R)
Penny Baybridge (R)
Tony Venhuizen (R)
District 14 House:
Tony Kayser (R)
Taylor Rae Rehfeldt (R)
Tyler Tordsen (R)
District 16 Senate:
Kevin D. Jensen (R)
Eric Hohman (R)
District 16 House:Â
Karla Lems (R)
Richard Vasgaard (R)
Brian Burge (R)
District 17 Senate:
Sydney Davis (R)
Jeffrey Church (R)
District 17 House:Â
William (Bill) Shorma (R)
Chris Kassin (R)
Robin Schiro (R)
District 18 Senate:Â
Lauren Nelson (R)
Jean M. Hunhoff (R)
District 18 House:
Mike Stevens (R)
Julie Auch (R)
John Marquardt (R)
District 19 House:
Drew Peterson (R)
Steven Mettler (R)
Jessica Bahmuller (R)
District 21 Senate:
Erin Tobin (R)
Mykala Voita (R)
District 21 House:
Lee Qualm (R)
Marty Overweg (R)
Jim Halverson (R)
District 22 House:
Kevin Van Diepen (R)
Terry Nebelsick (R)
Lana Greenfield (R)
District 23 Senate:
Steven Ray Roseland (R)
Mark Lapka (R)
District 23 House:
Spencer Gosch (R)
Scott Moore (R)
James D. Wangness (R)
District 25 Senate:
Jordan Youngberg (R)
Tom Pischke (R)
District 27 Senate:Â
Gerald M Cournoyer Jr (D)
Red Dawn Foster (D)
Anthony G. Kathol (R)
Bruce Whalen (R)
District 28 Senate:
Susan M. Peterson (R)
Sam Marty (R)
District 28A House:
Ryan Maher (R)
Jana Hunt (R)
District 28B House:
Travis Ismay (R)
Travis W. Martin (R)
District 29 Senate:
Kirk Chaffee (R)
John Carley (R)
District 29 House:
Gary L. Cammack (R)
Terri Jorgenson (R)
Kathy Rice (R)
District 30 Senate:
Amber Hulse (R)
Forrest Foster (R)
Julie Frye-Mueller (R)
District 30 House:Â
Pat Baumann (R)
Matt Smith (R)
Trish Ladner (R)
Stephen Saint (R)
Tim Goodwin (R)
Matthew Monfore (R)
District 31 Senate:
Randy Deibert (R)
Katie Crowley-Johnson (R)
District 31 House:
Mark Mowry (R)
Mary J Fitzgerald (R)
Scott Odenbach (R)
District 32 House:
Steve Duffy (R)
John Robert James (R)
Brook Kaufman (R)
District 33 Senate:Â
David Johnson (R)
Curt Voight (R)
District 34 Senate:Â
Jason Green (R)
Taffy Howard (R)
District 34 House:
Heather Baxter (R)
Mike Derby (R)
Becky Drury (R)
District 35 Senate:Â
Greg Blanc (R)
Curtis Nupen (R)
Michael A. Walsh (R)
Editor’s Note: Please contact austin@thedakotascout.com if you notice any errors or deficiencies across these candidate surveys. We appreciate your readership.
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