2010 United States Senate election in South Dakota

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
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee John Thune
Party Republican
Popular vote 227,947
Percentage 100.0%
County results
Thune:      100%
U.S. senator before election

John Thune
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Thune
Republican

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Background

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.

Candidate

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report Solid R[4] October 8, 2010
Rothenberg Safe R[5] October 1, 2010
Real Clear Politics Safe R[6] October 8, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R[7] September 30, 2010
CQ Politics Safe R[8] October 8, 2010

Polling
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
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
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

References
  1. "Republican Sen. John Thune unopposed by Democrats". KCAU-TV. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  2. "Kurt Evans drops out of SD race for US Senate". KCAU-TV. April 29, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  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 8, 2010.
  5. "Senate Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  6. "Battle for the Senate". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  7. "2010 Senate Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  8. "Race Ratings Chart: Senate". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  9. "2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South Dakota". fec.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  10. Secretary of State - Election Night Results - November 2nd, 2010
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