Gary Leighton

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Gary Leighton

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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Gary Leighton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 2. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

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

David Kull and John Sjaarda defeated Gary Leighton in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Kull
David Kull (R)
 
40.4
 
6,121
Image of John Sjaarda
John Sjaarda (R)
 
37.6
 
5,693
Gary Leighton (D)
 
22.0
 
3,323

Total votes: 15,137
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Gary Leighton advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 2.

Republican primary election

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

John Sjaarda and David Kull defeated Jake Schoenbeck and Jeffrey Shawd in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 2 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Sjaarda
John Sjaarda
 
34.3
 
1,571
Image of David Kull
David Kull
 
25.8
 
1,180
Jake Schoenbeck
 
24.0
 
1,100
Jeffrey Shawd
 
15.9
 
730

Total votes: 4,581
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2020

Leighton was disqualified from the ballot on April 7, 2020.[1] The results of the election are below.

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 (2 seats)

Incumbent Steven Haugaard and incumbent Doug Barthel defeated Michelle Hentschel in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 10 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Steven Haugaard
Steven Haugaard (R)
 
37.4
 
6,527
Image of Doug Barthel
Doug Barthel (R)
 
35.5
 
6,188
Image of Michelle Hentschel
Michelle Hentschel (D) Candidate Connection
 
27.1
 
4,736

Total votes: 17,451
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Michelle Hentschel advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 10.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Doug Barthel and incumbent Steven Haugaard advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 10.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Gary Leighton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Gary Leighton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes


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