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  SD US Senate - R Primary
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Parents > United States > South Dakota > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1972 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open June 06, 1972 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close June 06, 1972 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 1973 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH January 28, 2023 03:19pm
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Description No candidate won the 35% necessary to win the primary outright and Hirsch was nominated by the South Dakota State Republican Convention.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/1966
NameKarl E. Mundt Votes150,517 (66.28%)
Term01/03/1967 - 01/03/1973 Margin73,954 (+32.57%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/1972
NameJames G. Abourezk Votes174,773 (57.04%)
Term01/03/1973 - 01/03/1979 Margin43,160 (+14.09%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceSD US Senate 11/07/1972

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Name Robert W. Hirsch Attorney General Gordon J. Mydland Chuck Lien Kenneth D. Stofferahn Tom Reardon  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican  
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Certified Votes 27,322 (27.37%) 22,297 (22.34%) 21,995 (22.03%) 16,615 (16.65%) 11,592 (11.61%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,025 (-5.03%) -5,327 (-5.34%) -10,707 (-10.73%) -15,730 (-15.76%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
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