Offices to be filled in the 2010 Elections

The following nominations are made in the party primary elections held on June 8, 2010:

·        U.S. Representative – 2 year term

·        U.S. Senator – 6 year term

·        Governor – 4 year term

·        105 Legislators (35 Senate, 70 House) –2 year term

·        County Commissioners – 4 year term

·        County Auditor – 4 year term

·        County Register of Deeds – 4 year term

·        County Sheriff – 4 year term

·        Delegates to Republican Party State Convention - County chairman, vice chairman, state committee members, each precinct committeeman and committeewoman, and three at-large delegates from each county.

·        Delegates to the Democratic Party State Convention – Four delegates from each county (including the county party chair, who is an automatic delegate) with one additional delegate from Brown County and Lincoln County, seven delegates from Pennington County and 16 delegates from Minnehaha County.  Up to three alternates are elected by the County Central Committee in each organized county.

In those areas of the state which have the following types of districts, nominations are made in a nonpartisan primary election:

·        Water Development District Directors -- all directors will be up for election in 2010 due to changes in the district boundaries.  All odd number area directors will run for a 4 year term and all even number area directors will run for a 2 year term.

·        Heartland Consumers Power District Directors -- 6 year term

The following will be nominated at the 2010 state conventions of each political party:

·        Lieutenant Governor – 4 year term

·        Secretary of State – 4 year term

·        Attorney General – 4 year term

·        State Auditor – 4 year term

·        State Treasurer – 4 year term

·        Commission of School and Public Lands – 4 year term

·        Public Utilities Commissioner – 6 year term