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• In two races there is no Republican incumbent. In District 12 in Sioux Falls, four Republicans are running for the two nominations for the House: Kevin O'Connell, D. Scott Bartlett, Alex Jensen and Arch Beal. Republican Reps. Manny Steele and Hal Wick vacated their seats in the district.
• In District 14, also in Sioux Falls, Reps. Marc Feinstein and Anne Hajek are not running for re-election. Jane Ausborn, Larry Zikmund and Tom Holmes are running for the Republican nominations.
• In Yankton's District 18, Sen. Jean Hunhoff is reaching the end of her term and is running for the state House. Republicans Matt Stone and Thomas Bixler will compete for the nomination and face her brother-in-law House Democratic Minority Leader Bernie Hunhoff in the general election.
• Republican races in Districts 23 around Gettsyburg and 29 with Sturgis include five candidates, one incumbent each, for two nominations per district. No Democrats are running for those spots and the winners will have a clear shot to the Capitol.
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Candidates make final push ahead of primary
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A former governor, two state lawmakers and two political newcomers are making their final pitches to South Dakota voters as they vie for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson.
• Former Gov. Mike Rounds, state Sen. Larry Rhoden, state Rep. Stace Nelson, attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg and physician Annette Bosworth will face off in Tuesday's Republican primary.
• A winner with at least 35 percent of the vote earns the nomination. Otherwise, a runoff between the winner and second-place finisher will be scheduled.
• South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant is predicting that turnout will be about 50 percent, which is slightly above average. Gant said a crowded Republican field in the U.S. Senate race and competition for the Democratic nomination for governor has drawn voters' attention.
• Rounds, who has raised about $2.8 million for his U.S. Senate campaign, is widely considered the favorite in that race. His fundraising has far outpaced three of his competitors, with Rhoden raising about $136,000, Nelson raising about $131,000 and Ravnsborg bringing in less than $11,000. Bosworth raised more than $1.1 million through March, but she has spent the majority of what she raised on di (Continued on page 25)
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