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S. Dakota man sentenced for attempted robbery
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for charges stemming from an attempted robbery in Sioux Falls.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Tuesday that 26-year-old John Robert Graham was sentenced to two years and three months in prison on a charge of burglary and 10 years in prison on two charges of possessing a firearm. The sentences are to be served consecutively, for a total of 12 years and three months in custody.
• Prosecutors say Graham tried to rob a pharmacy last December to steal controlled substances.
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Support for Romney helps other Republicans in SD
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press Writer
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Democrats started this year's campaign with high hopes, recruited seemingly strong candidates and ran hard-fought campaigns. But when the votes were finally counted, Republicans once again had swept the state's elections.
• Republican Rep. Kristi Noem won election Tuesday to a second term as South Dakota's lone member of the U.S. House, turning back an aggressive challenge from Democrat Matt Varilek. Two GOP candidates held onto their seats on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, and Republicans kept their strong majorities in both chambers of the Legislature.
• And Mitt Romney won South Dakota's three electoral votes, defeating President Barack Obama to continue the GOP's domination of presidential politics in the heavily Republican state. Obama, however, won the national election.
• Top officials in both parties said Romney's win with 58 percent of the votes played a big role in the Republican successes in races further down the ballot.
• "It makes it tough for the down-ballot candidates to have to outperform the top of the ticket by that much," South Dakota Democratic Party Chairman Ben Nesselhuf said.
• South Dakota Republican Party Chairman Tim Rave said Republicans who were motivated to vote by their dislike of Obama also helped elect GOP candidates in other races.
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