2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results

County Races and Ballot Questions

November 4, 2008

Race County Party District Vote For Candidate Votes Percentage
Conservation District Supervisor, Urban Area Aurora NON Aurora Conservation District 1 James A. Vissia 507 39.67%
Conservation District Supervisor, Urban Area Aurora NON Aurora Conservation District 1 Gregg A. Sly 771 60.33%
County Commissioner At Large Bennett DEM Bennett 2 John "Bink" DuBray Jr. 274 13.42%
County Commissioner At Large Bennett DEM Bennett 2 Newton L. Cummings 652 31.93%
County Commissioner At Large Bennett IND Bennett 2 Wayne  Bond 467 22.87%
County Commissioner At Large Bennett IND Bennett 2 Gwen  Ward 253 12.39%
County Commissioner At Large Bennett IND Bennett 2 Robert  Buresh 396 19.39%
County Commissioner Bon Homme REP District 4 1 John P Hauck 331 57.57%
County Commissioner Bon Homme IND District 4 1 Bernie J Kostal 244 42.43%
County Commissioner At Large Brookings DEM Brookings 2 Deanna L. Santema 7308 39.14%
County Commissioner At Large Brookings REP Brookings 2 Al L. Gregg 5888 31.54%
County Commissioner At Large Brookings REP Brookings 2 Emil  Klavetter 5475 29.32%
County Commissioner At Large Brown DEM Brown 2 Dale  Kurth 4531 15.02%
County Commissioner At Large Brown DEM Brown 2 Burt   Elliott 8977 29.76%
County Commissioner At Large Brown REP Brown 2 Duane   Sutton 8348 27.67%
County Commissioner At Large Brown REP Brown 2 Randy J. Grismer 4684 15.53%
County Commissioner At Large Brown IND Brown 2 Michael  Crady 3627 12.02%
County Commissioner Buffalo DEM District 2 1 Ronald W. Petersen 100 61.73%
County Commissioner Buffalo IND District 2 1 Michael  Scott 62 38.27%
County Commissioner Charles Mix DEM District 2 1 Carrol "Red"  Allen 517 38.93%
County Commissioner Charles Mix REP District 2 1 Neil  VonEschen 811 61.07%
County Commissioner Clark DEM District 2 1 Clara J Luvaas 181 52.01%
County Commissioner Clark DEM District 4 1 Roberta  Heim 200 46.30%
County Commissioner Clark IND District 2 1 Douglas  M. Loomis 167 47.99%
County Commissioner Clark REP District 4 1 Eugene D. Furness 232 53.70%
County Commissioner At Large Clay DEM Clay 3 Raymond (Dusty) Passick 2625 18.61%
County Commissioner At Large Clay DEM Clay 3 Jerry  Wilson 1721 12.20%
County Commissioner At Large Clay DEM Clay 3 Leo F Powell 2576 18.26%
County Commissioner At Large Clay REP Clay 3 Craig  W Myron 1620 11.48%
County Commissioner At Large Clay REP Clay 3 Donna  Schafer 1552 11.00%
County Commissioner At Large Clay REP Clay 3 Travis  Mockler 1600 11.34%
County Commissioner At Large Clay IND Clay 3 Dennis  A Zimmerman 658 4.66%
County Commissioner At Large Clay IND Clay 3 Grant A Sammelson 821 5.82%
County Commissioner At Large Clay IND Clay 3 Stan  Peterson 459 3.25%
County Commissioner At Large Clay IND Clay 3 Harlan   Nielsen 475 3.37%
States Attorney Clay DEM Clay 1 Teddi J Gertsma 3075 56.62%
States Attorney Clay REP Clay 1 Grant L Walker 2356 43.38%
County Commissioner Codington DEM District 2 1 Lavern  Marquardt 1084 55.65%
County Commissioner Codington REP District 2 1 Mark D. O`Neill 864 44.35%
Sheriff Codington REP Codington 1 Toby S. Wishard 8816 75.67%
Sheriff Codington IND Codington 1 Todd  Fuerstenau 2834 24.33%
County Commissioner At Large Custer DEM Custer 2 Barbara  Hanson 1567 24.17%
County Commissioner At Large Custer REP Custer 2 David N. Hazeltine 2376 36.65%
County Commissioner At Large Custer REP Custer 2 Mark  Hartman 2540 39.18%
County Commissioner Davison DEM District 4 1 James S. Handsel 855 46.19%
County Commissioner Davison REP District 4 1 Richard  Ziegler 996 53.81%
County Treasurer Davison DEM Davison 1 Maggie  Eliason 2843 34.93%
County Treasurer Davison REP Davison 1 Brenda  Stunes 5297 65.07%
County Commissioner Day DEM District 3 1 Richard L. Tobin 319 53.17%
County Commissioner Day REP District 3 1 Bob   Anderson 281 46.83%
County Commissioner Deuel DEM District 2 1 Gordon W. Anderson 260 64.84%
County Commissioner Deuel REP District 2 1 Todd  Johnson 141 35.16%
County Treasurer Dewey DEM Dewey 1 Kelli  Goldade 1010 50.78%
County Treasurer Dewey REP Dewey 1 John   Alley 979 49.22%
County Treasurer Edmunds DEM Edmunds 1 Dianne  Stafford 1433 70.35%
County Treasurer Edmunds IND Edmunds 1 Rhonda  Geditz 604 29.65%
County Commissioner At Large Fall River DEM Fall River 3 Carl W. Atchley 993 11.73%
County Commissioner At Large Fall River DEM Fall River 3 Anne I. Cassens 1872 22.12%
County Commissioner At Large Fall River REP Fall River 3 Paul  Nabholz 1562 18.46%
County Commissioner At Large Fall River REP Fall River 3 Joe  Allen 2228 26.33%
County Commissioner At Large Fall River REP Fall River 3 Mike  Ortner 1808 21.36%
States Attorney Fall River DEM Fall River 1 James G. Sword 2099 60.11%
States Attorney Fall River IND Fall River 1 Kari L. Nordstrom 1393 39.89%
County Treasurer Faulk REP Faulk 1 Sherry  Fix 1095 92.09%
County Treasurer Faulk IND Faulk 1 David  Huss 94 7.91%
County Commissioner Grant DEM District 2 1 Keith   Welberg 370 48.05%
County Commissioner Grant REP District 2 1 Clayton  Tucholke 400 51.95%
County Commissioner Gregory DEM District 2 1 Lance   Matucha 306 54.64%
County Commissioner Gregory REP District 2 1 Robert  N. Gnirk 254 45.36%
States Attorney Haakon IND Haakon 1 Gay  Tollefson 675 60.54%
States Attorney Haakon REP Haakon 1 Ralph A Kemnitz 440 39.46%
Conservation District Supervisor, Rural Landowner or Occupier Hamlin NON Hamlin Conservation District 1 Jared  Namken 1488 67.91%
Conservation District Supervisor, Rural Landowner or Occupier Hamlin NON Hamlin Conservation District 1 Leonard R. Saathoff 703 32.09%
County Commissioner Hamlin DEM District 3 1 Richard  Donley 155 37.26%
County Commissioner Hamlin REP District 3 1 Daniel  Jensen 261 62.74%
Bond Issue : Shall the County of Hanson, South Dakota, issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $3,410,000.00 and maturing over a time period no longer than twenty (20) years, for the purpose of funding the construction of a new Courthouse facility? Hanson   Hanson 1 Yes 1299 63.68%
Bond Issue : Shall the County of Hanson, South Dakota, issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $3,410,000.00 and maturing over a time period no longer than twenty (20) years, for the purpose of funding the construction of a new Courthouse facility? Hanson   Hanson 1 No 741 36.32%
County Commissioner Hyde REP District 2 1 Philip  Kusser 61 39.35%
County Commissioner Hyde DEM District 4 1 Ronald  Van Den Berg 84 50.91%
County Commissioner Hyde IND District 2 1 Renata  Cowman 94 60.65%
County Commissioner Hyde REP District 4 1 Robert A Bawdon 81 49.09%
County Treasurer Jerauld DEM Jerauld 1 Connie  Ness 800 72.46%
County Treasurer Jerauld REP Jerauld 1 Bonnie  Powell 304 27.54%
County Commissioner Kingsbury DEM District 2 1 William  Rydbom 224 39.44%
County Commissioner Kingsbury REP District 2 1 Shelley R. Nelson 344 60.56%
States Attorney Kingsbury REP Kingsbury 1 Gary W Schumacher 787 29.70%
States Attorney Kingsbury IND Kingsbury 1 Gregg A Gass 1863 70.30%
County Commissioner At Large Lake DEM Lake 3 Gene O. Anderson 2282 16.42%
County Commissioner At Large Lake DEM Lake 3 Craig A. Johannsen 2740 19.71%
County Commissioner At Large Lake REP Lake 3 Chris S. Giles 3269 23.52%
County Commissioner At Large Lake REP Lake 3 Roger  Hageman 2845 20.47%
County Commissioner At Large Lake REP Lake 3 Dan  Bohl 2765 19.89%
County Commissioner At Large Lawrence DEM Lawrence 2 Judy C Gray 3643 19.09%
County Commissioner At Large Lawrence DEM Lawrence 2 Dinah   Paris 3361 17.62%
County Commissioner At Large Lawrence REP Lawrence 2 Terry  W Weisenberg 5742 30.10%
County Commissioner At Large Lawrence REP Lawrence 2 Daryl  D  Johnson 6333 33.19%
County Commissioner Lincoln DEM District 2 1 Burdell  Coplan 933 39.52%
County Commissioner Lincoln REP District 2 1 David    Gillespie 1428 60.48%
County Commissioner At Large Lyman DEM Lyman 2 Eugene  Mertens 806 33.72%
County Commissioner At Large Lyman DEM Lyman 2 Rod  Diedrich 779 32.59%
County Commissioner At Large Lyman REP Lyman 2 Leroy  Choal 805 33.68%
States Attorney Lyman IND Lyman 1 Anita  L. Fuoss 935 63.61%
States Attorney Lyman IND Lyman 1 David V. Natvig 535 36.39%
County Commissioner Marshall DEM District 2 1 Myles J. DeVine 282 60.52%
County Commissioner Marshall REP District 2 1 Barbara  B. Kuske 184 39.48%
County Commissioner McCook REP District 4 1 Roger  Hofer 162 33.20%
County Commissioner McCook IND District 4 1 Ron  Scharffenberg 201 41.19%
County Commissioner McCook IND District 4 1 Mark  Vondra 89 18.24%
County Commissioner McCook IND District 4 1 Ronald M. Leitheiser 36 7.38%
Conservation District Supervisor, Taxpayer of Real Property McPherson NON McPherson Conservation District 1 Lee L Kindelspire 678 61.92%
Conservation District Supervisor, Taxpayer of Real Property McPherson NON McPherson Conservation District 1 Melvin  Kallas 417 38.08%
Conservation District Supervisor, Urban Area McPherson NON McPherson Conservation District 1 John  Weisser 596 51.56%
Conservation District Supervisor, Urban Area McPherson NON McPherson Conservation District 1 Matthew L Schaefer 560 48.44%
County Commissioner Meade REP District 2 1 Penny D. Harvey-Green 1064 48.85%
County Commissioner Meade IND District 2 1 Doreen  Allison-Creed 1114 51.15%
County Commissioner At Large Minnehaha DEM Minnehaha 2 Clarence  Kooistra 29929 25.19%
County Commissioner At Large Minnehaha DEM Minnehaha 2 Terry  Tronson 22657 19.07%
County Commissioner At Large Minnehaha REP Minnehaha 2 John  Pekas 35291 29.70%
County Commissioner At Large Minnehaha REP Minnehaha 2 Dick  Kelly 30958 26.05%
County Commissioner Moody DEM District 2 1 Bill A Nibbelink 348 47.22%
County Commissioner Moody DEM District 4 1 David  Johnson 277 49.82%
County Commissioner Moody REP District 2 1 Thomas B. Peper 389 52.78%
County Commissioner Moody REP District 4 1 David  Stenberg 279 50.18%
County Treasurer Moody DEM Moody 1 Joseph F Firman 1012 32.48%
County Treasurer Moody REP Moody 1 Linette K. Christensen 2104 67.52%
Referendum : Moody   Moody 1 Yes 850 27.06%
Referendum : Moody   Moody 1 No 2291 72.94%
County Commissioner Perkins DEM District 4 1 Carrie A. Hulm 149 42.33%
County Commissioner Perkins REP District 4 1 James  Gochenour 203 57.67%
States Attorney Perkins REP Perkins 1 Shane C. Penfield 1311 78.98%
States Attorney Perkins IND Perkins 1 Elton R. Anson 349 21.02%
County Commissioner Roberts DEM District 2 1 Tim  Zempel 574 55.57%
County Commissioner Roberts DEM District 4 1 Roger  George 712 73.63%
County Commissioner Roberts REP District 2 1 Louis  Voeltz 459 44.43%
County Commissioner Roberts REP District 4 1 Larry  Wanous 255 26.37%
States Attorney Roberts DEM Roberts 1 Kay F. Nikolas 1451 32.78%
States Attorney Roberts REP Roberts 1 Kerry M. Cameron 2976 67.22%
Conservation District Supervisor, Rural Landowner or Occupier Sanborn NON Sanborn Conservation District 1 Donald  Klinkner 437 40.61%
Conservation District Supervisor, Rural Landowner or Occupier Sanborn NON Sanborn Conservation District 1 Mark D Snedeker 639 59.39%
County Commissioner Shannon DEM District 4 1 Wendell W. Yellow Bull 625 77.74%
County Commissioner Shannon DEM District 3 1 Francis S. Pumpkin Seed 531 78.55%
County Commissioner Shannon IND District 4 1 Marie T. Fox Belly 179 22.26%
County Commissioner Shannon REP District 3 1 Peggy  Pourier Coomes 145 21.45%
County Commissioner Spink REP District 2 1 Kenneth  Buchholz 265 39.38%
County Commissioner Spink IND District 2 1 Brian G.  Johnson 408 60.62%
County Treasurer Spink DEM Spink 1 Kathy  Ludwig 2759 88.51%
County Treasurer Spink IND Spink 1 Robert  D. Isaacson 358 11.49%
County Commissioner Todd REP District 2 1 Gregg  Grimshaw 359 60.44%
County Commissioner Todd DEM District 4 1 Howard  Heinert 204 49.16%
County Commissioner Todd IND District 2 1 Cyril "Whitie"  Scott 235 39.56%
County Commissioner Todd IND District 4 1 Alec  Whipple 211 50.84%
County Commissioner Tripp DEM District 2 1 Doris  Miner 318 49.00%
County Commissioner Tripp DEM District 4 1 Greg  English 335 61.24%
County Commissioner Tripp REP District 2 1 Dan  Forgey 331 51.00%
County Commissioner Tripp REP District 4 1 Neil  Farnsworth 212 38.76%
County Commissioner Turner DEM District 4 1 Gary  Kropuenske 340 45.33%
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