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Live results: Rhoden fights to hang on to South Dakota governor’s mansion in GOP primary runoff

Live results: Rhoden fights to hang on to South Dakota governor’s mansion in GOP primary runoff

Summary

South Dakota Republican voters are participating in a runoff election to choose their party’s candidate for governor. Governor Larry Rhoden faces businessman Toby Doeden after neither got more than half the votes in the first primary.

Key Facts

  • The runoff election is happening because no candidate earned over 50% of votes in the June 2 primary.
  • Governor Larry Rhoden is the current Republican governor of South Dakota.
  • Toby Doeden, a Republican businessman, is Rhoden’s opponent in the runoff.
  • The winner will become the GOP candidate for the state governor race.
  • This runoff vote is a second chance for Republican voters to decide their nominee.
  • South Dakota is known as the Mount Rushmore State.
  • The runoff is scheduled for Tuesday.
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