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who lost the gubernatorial election to Walker in 2010. Also facing recall votes are Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and three GOP state senators. A fourth GOP state senator was forced into a recall, but she resigned; an election to fill that seat also is Tuesday.

2nd hantavirus case confirmed on Pine Ridge

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Oglala Sioux tribal officials say a second case of hantavirus has been confirmed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
• The news comes days after lab tests confirmed that a young tribal resident died from hantavirus. It was the first confirmed death from the virus on the reservation.
• People can get hantavirus from contact with rodents or their waste, and it can eventually lead to respiratory failure.
• Donna Salomon, spokeswoman for Oglala Sioux President John Yellow Bird Steele, says in a news release that the most recent patient has been transferred to a specialized pediatric hospital for monitoring. She says the patient's health appears to be stabilizing.
• The Oglala Sioux Tribe's Health & Human Services Committee says cleaning supplies like face masks, gloves and bleach are being made available to residents.
• SD official predicts modest turnout in primary
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Secretary of State Jason Gant predicts that 25 percent to 30 percent of South Dakota's registered voters will cast ballots in Tuesday's primary election.
• Gant says that's a slightly lower turnout than the average of 32 percent in the previous seven primary elections.
• The state's chief elections official says he expects a modest turnout because the Republican presidential nomination has already been decided.
• But Gant says turnout might be better than expected because the Democratic congressional primary between Matt Varilek and Jeff Barth has heated up recently. He says people in some areas might be motivated to vote because of interest in legislative primaries.

Daugaard-backed candidates face SD primary foes
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard's decision to endorse some Republican candidates over others in five legislative races injected some political

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