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John Thune: Running for 4th Senate term: breaking the "Curse of Karl"?

Nixon was sworn in as president in 1969 and Senator Karl Mundt seemed poised to have a great deal of influence. But that December, he suffered a stroke. He never returned to the Capitol but would not resign his Senate seat. South Dakota was left with a single vote on the Senate floor. The Curse of Karl was born.

While Mundt is the only senator to win four terms, there have been five three-termers. Thune is nearing the end of his third term in the Senate. That seems hard to believe for those of us who remember the explosive 2004 campaign he waged against Sen. Daschle. It was the most-expensive race in state history and drew national attention. Thune won by about 4,500 votes, unseating the Senate Democratic leader 197,848, or 50.6%, to 193,340, or 49.4%.

Former state Sen. Billie Sutton ran a strong race for governor in 2018 and surely will be asked to either try a rematch with Gov. Kristi Noem in 2022 or run against Thune. He may be the Democrats' best hope in either race.

Source: S.D. Standard on 2022 South Dakota Senate race Nov 29, 2020

Gordon Howie: Strongly supports keeping God in the public sphere

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Keep God in the public sphere"?

A: Strongly support - http://gordonhowieforsenate.com/america-needs-god/

Source: E-mail interview: 2014 S.D. Senate race with OnTheIssues.org Sep 18, 2014

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