The South Dakota primary election was held yesterday. The results are as follows:
For United States Senator, John R. Thune defeated Bruce Whalen and Mark Mowry.
For United States Representative, Dusty Johnson defeated Taffy Howard.
For the Governor primary race, Governor Kristi Noem defeated Steve Haugaard.
For Tripp County Commissioner District 1, Larry Wilcox defeated Mark Winter 168 to 100 votes.
For Tripp County Commissioner District 5, Cody L. Jorgensen defeated Clifford “Chip” Schroeder 128 to 68 votes.
For Precinct Committeeman Colome Consolidated, Brian K. Beck defeated Dan Forgey 91 to 57 votes.
For Gregory County Commissioner, Byrain L. Boes defeated Myron Johnson 92 to 70 votes.
For the City of Chamberlain, there were two three-year commissioner positions open.
Tim Thomas and Clint Soulek won the two commissioner positions with 314 and 301 votes respectively.
For the Chamberlain School Board, District 3-Seat A, Nikki Ashley defeated Aaron Wisenbaugh 305 to 132 votes.
For Mayor of the City of Kimball, Donnie Hamiel defeated Janene Wingert 133 to 63 votes.
For Kimball Ward 2, Brady Goodall defeated Jesslon Walsh 44 to 28 votes.
For the Todd County School Board, there were two three-year term positions open. Deb Boyd and Melissa Whipple won the two positions with 288 and 220 votes respectively.
For District 26A Republican Representative, Joyce Glynn defeated Ron Frederick 277 to 223 votes.
For District 26A Democratic Representative, Eric Emery defeated Alexandra Frederick 343 to 271 votes.
For the Lyman School Board, there were three seats available with five candidates: Veronica Gerard, Cody A. Volmer, and Nathan Millard won the three seats with 375, 368, and 354 votes respectively.
For Mellette County Precinct Committee Woman for the Central Precinct Maura Valburg defeated Vanessa Hight 50 to 15 votes.
Constitutional Amendment C was defeated which if passed would have required three-fifths vote for approval of future ballot measures imposing taxes or fees obligating over 10 million dollars.