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• The severe weather threat arrives amid an unusually quiet late spring, with far fewer documented tornados in May than in many recent years. Bunting said the main concern Tuesday night was widespread straight-line winds.
• "As we like to say, it doesn't have to rotate to be dangerous," he said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- State Sen. Larry Rhoden can't say he's happy with the results of Tuesday's GOP U.S. Senate primary, but he says he knew from the beginning that it was going to be a steep hill to climb.
• Rhoden on Tuesday finished a distant second to former Gov. Mike Rounds, who won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson.
• But Rhoden finished ahead of three other candidates: state Rep. Stace Nelson, physician Annette Bosworth, and attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg.
• The state lawmaker from Union Center says he's proud that his campaign stayed positive and focused on the message to get Washington back on track.
• He says he's not yet ready to announce who he'll be supporting in November.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Voters in heavily Republican South Dakota made their choices Tuesday in primary elections that set the November slate for governor, U.S. Senate and several legislative seats.
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• Here are five things to know about the election:
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• 1. ROUNDS DEFEATS FOUR OTHERS
• Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds won the Republican party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson. Rounds, widely considered the GOP front-runner from the start, easily won over four other candidates. The 59-year-old insurance agency executive topped state Sen. Larry Rhoden, state Rep. Stace Nelson, attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg and physician Annette Bosworth. He easily topped 35 percent of the vote so there will be no runoff.
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• 2. DAUGAARD TAKES STEP TO SECOND TERM

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