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Florence K. Thompson
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Trish Ladner (R)  | 50.7 | 8,668 |
| ✔ |  | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Goodwin | 45.3 | 3,426 |
| ✔ | | Trish Ladner | 18.8 | 1,425 |
| Florence K. Thompson | 18.0 | 1,363 | ||
 | Kwinn Neff | 17.9 | 1,355 | |
| Total votes: 7,569 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Mike Verchio Incumbent |
30.1% | 1,716 |
| Lance 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
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016 Republican National Convention
Delegate rules
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
| South Dakota Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald 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
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]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Dakota GOP, "SDGOP elects Delegates and Alternates for the Republican National Convention," March 21, 2016
- ↑ Office of the South Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed April 9, 2012
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," June 25, 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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