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• Burns said Varilek has an appealing style to match Noem's, so the race will likely focus less on style and more on tax and spending policies.
• In the Democratic congressional primary, Varilek seemed to have an advantage throughout the campaign, raising far more money than Barth and gaining endorsements from Johnson and former South Dakota Sens. Tom Daschle and George McGovern. Varilek had raised more than $300,000 in campaign contributions by May 16, while Barth had raised just $45,000, with about half that coming from a loan he made to his

own campaign.
• Noem had raised nearly $1.8 million by the May 16 reporting deadline.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota House Speaker Val Rausch of Big Stone City has lost his bid to move to the state Senate.
• Rausch had challenged Sen. Tim Begalka of Clear Lake in a Republican primary, but Begalka won with more than two-thirds of the vote.
• Rausch was one of five Senate candidates who were endorsed by Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, but Begalka says the governor's endorsement backfired. Begalka says voters in the area are pretty independent and resented the governor's interference in the race.
• Rausch says Begalka used misleading false ads against him. But Begalka says

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