Norman Bliss
Norman Bliss (Democratic Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 13. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Bliss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bliss was born on January 1, 1945, in Berkeley, California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in 1967. He went on to obtain his master's degree from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1970. He also received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. Bliss's professional experience includes working as a scientist and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He has been affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Bliss served in the U.S. Army from 1970 to 1972.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 13 (2 seats)
Incumbent Sue Peterson and Richard Thomason defeated incumbent Kelly Sullivan and Norman Bliss in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 13 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sue Peterson (R) | 28.2 | 6,746 |
| ✔ |  | Richard Thomason (R)  | 26.0 | 6,215 |
 | Kelly Sullivan (D) | 24.5 | 5,846 | |
 | Norman Bliss (D) | 21.3 | 5,094 | |
| Total votes: 23,901 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kelly Sullivan and Norman Bliss advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 13.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sue Peterson and Richard Thomason advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 13.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Norman Bliss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bliss' responses.
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- Climate change is the most important issue that faces humanity, and we must act quickly to avoid massive costs from fires, storms, heat waves, and sea level rise.
- Good government can help improve peoples lives. We need to invest in education, and make health care accessible for everyone.
- I will listen to everyone, and make decisions based on fair treatment of workers and employers.
Promote health care: South Dakota should adopt Medicaid expansion, which would provide healthcare for over 40,000 people with very little cost to the state.
Education should be strengthened from pre-Kindergarten through the University level.
Complying with the Constitution of the United States, the South Dakota constitution, federal law, and creating geographically contiguous districts;
Minimizing divisions of counties;
Minimizing divisions of municipalities;
Minimizing divisions of census blocks;
Using visible geographic features;
Creating geographically compact districts to the extent practicable; and
Maintaining the same or similar socio-economic areas to the extent practicable.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 18, 2020
