2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota

Summary

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 U.S. Senator John Thune won re-election to a second term unopposed.[1][2]

2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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Nominee John Thune
Party Republican
Popular vote 227,947
Percentage 100.00%

County results
Thune:      100%

U.S. senator before election

John Thune
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Thune
Republican

Background edit

Thune was narrowly elected to his first term over Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle with 51% of the vote in 2004. In spite of his lack of seniority, Thune rose to the position of chairman of the Republican Policy Committee in the United States Senate.

No members of the South Dakota Democratic Party (or any other party) filed to challenge Thune. Scott Heidepriem, the South Dakota Senate Minority Leader and a Democratic candidate for Governor of South Dakota, said, "We just concluded that John Thune is an extremely popular senator who is going to win another term in the Senate."[3] There were approximately 90,000 undervotes compared to the concurrent gubernatorial election.

General election edit

Candidate edit

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[4] Solid R October 26, 2010
Rothenberg[5] Safe R October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics[6] Safe R October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R October 21, 2010
CQ Politics[8] Safe R October 26, 2010

Polling edit

Poll source Date (s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
John
Thune (R)
Generic
Democrat
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling December 10–13, 2009 702 ± 3.7% 56% 33% 11%
Public Policy Polling January 5, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 56% 43% 5%
Public Policy Polling April 5, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 58% 34% 5%
Public Policy Polling June 5–8, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 54% 44% 5%

Fundraising edit

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[9]

Results edit

United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Thune (incumbent) 227,947 100.00%
Total votes 227,947 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Republican Sen. John Thune unopposed by Democrats". KCAU-TV. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kurt Evans drops out of SD race for US Senate". KCAU-TV. April 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Brokaw, Chet (April 1, 2010). "S.D. Dems Skip Senate Race Against GOP's Thune". Yankton Press & Dakotan. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
  4. ^ "Senate". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "Senate Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  6. ^ "Battle for the Senate". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  7. ^ "2010 Senate Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  8. ^ "Race Ratings Chart: Senate". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  9. ^ "2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South Dakota". fec.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Secretary of State - Election Night Results - November 2nd, 2010

External links edit

  • South Dakota Elections and Voter Registration from the Secretary of State
  • U.S. Congress candidates for South Dakota at Project Vote Smart
  • South Dakota U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com
  • Campaign contributions from Open Secrets
  • 2010 South Dakota Senate General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
  • 2010 South Dakota Senate Race from CQ Politics
  • Race profile from The New York Times
Official campaign websites
  • John Thune for U.S. Senator