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• The weather seemed to be the only uncertain factor in an election that otherwise went according to form. Rounds was forced to cancel a Rapid City visit Tuesday after greeting voters in Sioux Falls. His spokesman said the former governor's plane landed in Pierre during a storm and decided to stay put rather than return to Sioux Falls. Showers and thunderstorms hit much of the state Tuesday.
• Voter turnout was much lower than the 50 percent that Secretary of State Jason Gant had predicted before the election.
• "Whether it was the weather or people just thought that the front-runners were going to win, which they obviously did, I don't know," Gant told KELO-TV. "But hopefully people will still be energized and get out there and cast their ballot in the next election."
• Rounds, who served as governor from 2003 to 2011, far outpaced his opponents in fundraising, with a campaign account of about $2.8 million. State Sen. Larry Rhoden had about $136,000, state Rep. Stace Nelson about $131,000, and attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg less than $11,000. Dr. Annette Bosworth raised more than $1.1 million through March, but she has spent the majority of what she raised on direct mail marketing and her campaign fell deeper in debt.
• GOP voter Bob Gilkerson, of Pierre, said he wanted to see a Republican bring some change to Washington, and he thinks Rounds is the one to do it.
• "I'm mad at the way we're spending money," he said. "The debt load on our children is inexcusable."
• On Nov. 4, Rounds will face Democratic business owner Rick Weiland and two independents, former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler and former state lawmaker Gordon Howie.
• Norma Shumaker, 74, expects Pressler to do relatively well in the general election because of dissatisfaction with the other candidates.
• "I feel like there's a batch of people like myself that aren't party people but want the best for our state," she said.
• Judith Edenstrom, 66, said she believes Weiland is a strong contender.
• "We would have had a more lively (Democratic) race had one of the other candidates stepped into the race. But I'm quite happy supporting Rick Weiland," she said.
• The race for South Dakota's lone seat in the U.S. House will wait for November. Both Republican U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem and Democratic challenger Corinna Robinson were unopposed within their parties.
• One potential leader in the state House, Republican Rep. Justin Cronin, won his party's nomination in one of 22 legislative races in which multiple candidates were vying for party nominations.
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