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• In addition, the growing number of voters registered as independent is a good sign because many are likely to vote for Democratic candidates, Hunhoff said.
• "They're not satisfied with the status quo, and in South Dakota the status quo has been Republican domination for some 40 years," Hunhoff said.
• Hunhoff said he hopes voters realize more Democrats are needed in the Legislature so the two parties have to negotiate to produce better legislation.
• Republicans now outnumber Democrats 30-5 in the state Senate, while the GOP has a 50-19 edge in

the House, where one current representative is an independent affiliated with Republicans.
• In Republican legislative primaries last week, some conservative GOP lawmakers were upset that Daugaard endorsed some candidates they considered too liberal. Two candidates backed by the Republican governor won, while three lost.
• Rave said he doubts those primary disputes will hurt the party in the general election.
• "I don't really think there's anything to patch up," he said.
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• SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The driver and lone survivor of four Marines from California's Camp Pendleton whose car slammed into a tree after a night at a bar was charged with vehicular manslaughter Wednesday in the deaths of his three

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