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Gary Leighton
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | David Kull (R) | 40.4 | 6,121 |
| ✔ |  | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | John Sjaarda | 34.3 | 1,571 |
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Steven Haugaard (R) | 37.4 | 6,527 |
| ✔ |  | Doug Barthel (R) | 35.5 | 6,188 |
 | Michelle Hentschel (D) | 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gary Leighton (D)
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.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
