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 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

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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

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Candidate

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[5] Solid R October 26, 2010
Rothenberg[6] Safe R October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics[7] Safe R October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R October 21, 2010
CQ Politics[9] Safe R October 26, 2010

Polling

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Poll source Date (s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
John
Thune (R)
Generic
Democrat
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[10] December 10–13, 2009 702 ± 3.7% 56% 33% 11%
Public Policy Polling[11] January 5, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 56% 43% 5%
Public Policy Polling[12] April 5, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 58% 34% 5%
Public Policy Polling[13] June 5–8, 2010 702 ± 3.7% 54% 44% 5%

Fundraising

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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[14]

Results

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United States Senate election in South Dakota, 2010[15]
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

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References

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  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. ^ David M. Drucker (December 7, 2010). "Thune Quietly Gathers 2012 Advice". Roll Call. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Brokaw, Chet (April 1, 2010). "S.D. Dems Skip Senate Race Against GOP's Thune". Yankton Press & Dakotan. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
  5. ^ "Senate". Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  6. ^ "Senate Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  7. ^ "Battle for the Senate". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  8. ^ "2010 Senate Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  9. ^ "Race Ratings Chart: Senate". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  10. ^ Public Policy Polling
  11. ^ Public Policy Polling
  12. ^ Public Policy Polling
  13. ^ Public Policy Polling
  14. ^ "2010 House and Senate Campaign Finance for South Dakota". fec.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2010.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ Secretary of State - Election Night Results - November 2nd, 2010
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Official campaign websites