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timely papers and complied with state election laws.
• The justices said they did not have to address Bridgeman's claim of whether Koch improperly ran in Buffalo County because Koch's case was focused on the Jerauld position and he had no standing in Buffalo County.
• If Koch executed an invalid certificate of nomination for the Buffalo County office, "that does not in itself, contrary to Bridgman's insistence, mean that Koch 'has withdrawn from the Jerauld County State's Attorney position,'" the justices wrote.
• The Supreme Court's decision affirmed the ruling by the circuit court, which also had denied Bridgman relief.
• In 2004, South Dakota changed its residency requirements for state's attorney in counties with low population to encourage more candidates. The change for counties with populations of less than 5,000 said that no state's attorney is disqualified from holding office for failure to be a resident of that county if the state's attorney is a resident of a county which is contiguous to the county in which the state's attorney holds such office.
• Bridgman also challenged the constitutionality of that law, but the justices said that point is "beyond the scope of this action and will not be addressed."
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Vikings-Packers Capsule
The Associated Press
• CHICAGO (6-5) at MINNESOTA (2-8-1)
• Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
• OPENING LINE -- Vikings by 2½
• RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Chicago 2-7-2, Minnesota 5-6
• SERIES RECORD -- Vikings lead 53-50-2
• LAST MEETING -- Bears beat Vikings 31-30, Sept. 15, 2013
• LAST WEEK -- Bears lost to Rams 42-21; Vikings tied Packers 26-26
• AP PRO32 RANKING -- Bears No. 14, Vikings No. 29
• BEARS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (8), RUSH (21), PASS (7)
• BEARS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (25), RUSH (32), PASS (13)
• VIKINGS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (20), RUSH (11), PASS (25)
• VIKINGS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (30), RUSH (25), PASS (29)
• STREAKS, STATS ANS NOTES -- In first meeting, Bears QB Jay Cutler hit TE Martellus Bennett for 16-yard TD with 10 seconds to go that lifted Chicago to win. ... Cutler is expected to miss game Sunday with high ankle sprain. Josh McCown will make third straight start. ... McCown ended Vikings' season in 2003 while playing for (Continued on page 27)
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