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In District 33, Reps. Jacqueline Sly and Scott Craig defeated Rip Ryness, and current Reps. Lance Russell and Mike Verchio received more votes than Julie Frye-Mueller. And incumbent Rep. Chip Campbell secured a nomination, as did Lynne DiSanto against Nancy Trautman in District 35.
• Mitchell Republican Rep. Tona Rozum secured a nomination for herself as did state legislative staffer Joshua Klumb against Mitchell United Way Executive Director David Stevens.
• Democratic Rep. Dennis Feickert of Aberdeen was nominated in District 1, as was Steven McCleerey for a seat vacated by Rep Susan Wismer who is now the Democratic nominee for governor. There are no Republican challengers against Feickert and McCleerey in the general election.
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Rounds looks to unite GOP for US Senate race
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Fresh from a decisive Republican primary victory, former Gov. Mike Rounds now must work to unite the fractious GOP behind him as he embarks on a four-way general election race for South Dakota's open U.S. Senate seat.
• Rounds on Tuesday captured the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson by beating physician Annette Bosworth, attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg, state Sen. Larry Rhoden and state Rep. Stace Nelson.
• Rounds said the vast majority of South Dakota Republicans support him and he thinks he can build the coalition to win in November. A victory would give Republicans both South Dakota's U.S. Senate seats for the first time in 28 years.
• "I think we've got a lot more in common than what some people would suggest," Rounds said of his GOP rivals. "Just because other people want the same job and they've got different styles of trying to get it doesn't make them bad people."
• The former governor has long been considered the front-runner in the Republican leaning state, but the upcoming November election could add some twists.
• Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler, who is running as an independent, has strong name recognition and could appeal to moderates fed up with partisanship. And Nelson could send his votes to the other independent candidate, former state lawmaker Gordon Howie, whose conservative constituency mirrors Nelson's supporters.
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