2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota
2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota
County resultsThune : 100%
The 2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota was held on November 2, 2010 along other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator John Thune won re-election to a second term unopposed.[1] [2]
Background
Thune was narrowly elected to his first term over Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle with 51% of the vote in 2004 . Despite his lack of seniority , Thune became chairman of the U.S. Republican Policy Committee in 2009.
Thune did not face any opposition whatsoever in his 2010 re-election.[3] South Dakota State Senate Minority Leader Scott Heidepriem said "We just concluded that John Thune is an extremely popular senator who is going to win another term in the Senate."[4] There were exactly 89,136 undervotes compared to the concurrent gubernatorial election .
General election
Candidate
Predictions
Polling
Fundraising
Candidate (Party)
Receipts
Disbursements
Cash on hand
Debt
John Thune (R)
$6,282,750
$2,988,648
$7,194,549
$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[10]
Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
^ "Republican Sen. John Thune unopposed by Democrats" . KCAU-TV . April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2010 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "Kurt Evans drops out of SD race for US Senate" . KCAU-TV. April 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010 .[permanent dead link ]
^ David M. Drucker (December 7, 2010). "Thune Quietly Gathers 2012 Advice" . Roll Call . Retrieved May 22, 2024 .
^ Brokaw, Chet (April 1, 2010). "S.D. Dems Skip Senate Race Against GOP's Thune" . Yankton Press & Dakotan . Retrieved April 7, 2010 .
^ "Senate" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved October 26, 2010 .
^ "Senate Ratings" . Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved October 26, 2010 .
^ "Battle for the Senate" . RealClearPolitics . Retrieved October 26, 2010 .
^ "2010 Senate Ratings" . Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved October 26, 2010 .
^ "Race Ratings Chart: Senate" . CQ Politics . Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010 .
^ "2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South Dakota" . fec.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2010 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Secretary of State - Election Night Results - November 2nd, 2010
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