Wednesday,  June 6, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 328 • 23 of 39 •  Other Editions

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Father-daughter tandem captures House primary

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A father-daughter tandem has captured the two Republican nominations in a South Dakota House district.
• Rep. Jenna Haggar and her dad, Don Haggar, are the top two vote-getters in the race for a pair of nominations for District 10. The two had campaigned together.
• Former Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson was edged out of the race by

the elder Haggar.
• Jenna Haggar, a chiropractic assistant, has served in the House the past two years, representing District 15.
• The Haggars will appear on the November ballot with two Democratic candidates, with the top two vote-getters heading to Pierre.
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SD Dems nominate Varilek as US House challenger
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Matt Varilek, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, won the Democratic nomination for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat on Tuesday, sending him into what was expected to be an uphill fall battle against Republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem.
• Varilek defeated Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth in a Democratic primary in which the candidates rarely mentioned each other. Instead, they targeted

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