Florence K. Thompson

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Florence K. Thompson

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June 2, 2020

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Florence K. Thompson (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 30. She lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.

Thompson was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Dakota. All 29 delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

In 2012, Thompson was a Republican candidate for District 30 of the South Dakota House of Representatives.

Elections

2020

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Trish Ladner and incumbent Tim Goodwin won election in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Trish Ladner
Trish Ladner (R) Candidate Connection
 
50.7
 
8,668
Image of Tim Goodwin
Tim Goodwin (R)
 
49.3
 
8,435

Total votes: 17,103
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Incumbent Tim Goodwin and Trish Ladner defeated Florence K. Thompson and Kwinn Neff in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Goodwin
Tim Goodwin
 
45.3
 
3,426
Image of Trish Ladner
Trish Ladner Candidate Connection
 
18.8
 
1,425
Florence K. Thompson
 
18.0
 
1,363
Image of Kwinn Neff
Kwinn Neff Candidate Connection
 
17.9
 
1,355

Total votes: 7,569
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2012

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Thompson ran in the 2012 election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 30. Thompson was defeated by incumbents Lance Russell and Mike Verchio in the Republican primary on June 5. Republicans Travis L. Bies and Tim Behlings also ran. No Democratic candidates filed for election. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]

South Dakota House of Representatives District 30 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Verchio Incumbent 30.1% 1,716
Green check mark transparent.pngLance Russel Incumbent 25.2% 1,433
Tim Behlings 20.9% 1,192
Travis L. Bies 13.2% 752
Florence K. Thompson 10.6% 601
Total Votes 5,694

Campaign themes

2020

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2016 Republican National Convention

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from South Dakota, 2016 and Republican delegates from South Dakota, 2016

Delegates from South Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in March 2016 and allocated after the South Dakota presidential primary election on June 7, 2016. All delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules on the first ballot at the national convention to support the candidate to whom they were allocated.

South Dakota primary results

See also: Presidential election in South Dakota, 2016
South Dakota Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 67.1% 44,867 29
Ted Cruz 17% 11,352 0
John Kasich 15.9% 10,660 0
Totals 66,879 29
Source: The New York Times and South Dakota Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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South Dakota had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district) and 23 served as at-large delegates. South Dakota's district and at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[4][5]

In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[4][5]

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