Dennis Daugaard
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Dennis Daugaard (Republican Party) was the Governor of South Dakota. He assumed office on January 8, 2011. He left office in 2019.
Daugaard (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Governor of South Dakota. He won in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Daugaard previously served as lieutenant governor of South Dakota and as a member of the South Dakota State Senate.
An analysis of Republican governors by Nate Silver of the New York Times in April 2013 ranked Daugaard as the 7th most conservative governor in the country.[1]
Biography
Daugaard was raised on a family farm near Garretson, South Dakota. Both parents were deaf and his earliest schooling was in a one-room rural schoolhouse. He graduated high school in Dell Rapids, South Dakota, in 1971. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Dakota and received his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
He practiced law for three years in Chicago before returning to Sioux Falls, where he worked as an executive banker for almost a decade. In 1990, he joined the Children's Home Society as development director, becoming executive director in 2002 and remaining there until 2009.
Daugaard was a member of the South Dakota State Senate from 1997 to 2003. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2002 on a ticket with Mike Rounds, and the two were re-elected in 2006. Under the South Dakota Constitution, Lt. Governor Daugaard served as president of the State Senate.[3] In addition, Daugaard served as chair of the Worker's Compensation Advisory Council, which reviews and makes recommendations regarding the state's workers' compensation program. He served as a member of a commission that considered amendments to the legislative article of South Dakota's Constitution and was chairman of a state task force studying options for reducing the number of South Dakotans without health insurance coverage.[4]
Daugaard was first elected governor on November 2, 2010, and was re-elected in 2014.[2][5]
Education
- J.D., Northwestern University Law School, 1978
- B.A., University of South Dakota, 1975
- Graduated, Dell Rapids High School, 1971
Noteworthy events
Reaction to 2005 Donald Trump tape
- See also: Republican reactions to 2005 Trump tape
On October 8, 2016, after The Washington Post released a 2005 video of Donald Trump making comments about women that the Post described as "extremely lewd," Daugaard called on Trump to withdraw as the 2016 Republican nominee for president.[6][7]
Veto of transgender bathroom access law
On March 1, 2016, Daugaard vetoed a bill passed by the Republican-led legislature in February 2016 that would have required transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their sex at birth.[8] "If and when these rare situations arise, I believe local school officials are best positioned to address them," he wrote in a letter on the matter.[9]
Response to Syria policy
- Main article: U.S. governors and their responses to Syrian refugees
After the attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015, many U.S. governors declared their support or opposition to Syrian refugee resettlement in their states. Daugaard expressed uncertainty on the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state of South Dakota. His chief of staff, Tony Venhuizen, said:
| “ | South Dakota has not received any Syrian refugees, and we do not believe we are going to. If that changes, the governor would explore the state's options, but it is not at all clear that the state has any say over this.[10] | ” |
| —Tony Venhuizen, governor's chief of staff[11] | ||
Job creation ranking
A June 2013 analysis by The Business Journals ranked 45 governors based on the annual private sector growth rate in all 50 states using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Daugaard was ranked number 13. The five governors omitted from the analysis all assumed office in 2013.[12][13]
Opposition to Medicaid expansion under Affordable Care Act
On December 4, 2012, Daugaard told state legislators that he opposed the expansion of the state's Medicaid program to provide health benefits to adults without disabilities under the Affordable Care Act. "There are far too many unanswered questions for me to recommend adding 48,000 adults to the 116,000 already on our rolls," he stated. According to a study by the Urban Institute and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the expansion of Medicaid would cover an additional 44,000 state residents between 2014 and 2022. Daugaard cited higher projections, saying it would add an additional 48,564 residents.[14]
Elections
2018
Dennis Daugaard was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2014
Daugaard was re-elected as Governor of South Dakota in 2014. He won re-nomination as a Republican in the primary on June 3. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
Daugaard defeated one opponent to secure the Republican nomination.
| South Dakota Gubernatorial Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Dennis Daugaard Incumbent |
80.9% | 60,017 | ||
| Lora Hubbel | 19.1% | 14,196 | ||
| Total Votes | 74,213 | |||
| Election results via South Dakota Secretary of State. | ||||
General election
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Dennis Daugaard/Matthew Michels Incumbent |
70.5% | 195,477 | |
| Democratic | Susan Wismer/Susan Blake | 25.4% | 70,549 | |
| Indpendent | Mike Myers/Lora Hubbel | 4.1% | 11,377 | |
| Total Votes | 277,403 | |||
| Election results via South Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
2010
Daugaard defeated four opponents in the June 8 primary and went on to defeat Scott Heidepriem (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Results
Primary election
Then-Lt. Gov. Daugaard won 50.4 percent of the primary vote. He defeated four other Republican candidates. [15]
| Governor of South Dakota, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Dennis Daugaard |
50.4% | 42,266 |
| Scott Munsterman | 17.6% | 14,733 |
| Dave Knudson | 15.8% | 13,217 |
| Gordon Howie | 12.4% | 10,430 |
| Ken Knuppe | 3.8% | 3,186 |
| Total Votes | 83,832 | |
General elections
Daugaard won the general election in 2010 with 61.5 percent of the vote.[16]
| Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Dennis Daugaard/Matthew Michels |
61.5% | 195,024 | |
| Democratic | Scott Heidepriem/Ben Arndt | 38.5% | 122,010 | |
| Total Votes | 317,034 | |||
| Election results South Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Mike Rounds/Dennis Daugaard won re-election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota. They defeated Jack Billion/Eric Abrahamson, Steven J. Willis/Larry Johnsen and Tom Gerber/Bette Rose Ryan in the general election.
| Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mike Rounds/Dennis Daugaard Incumbent |
61.7% | 206,990 | |
| Democratic | Jack Billion/Eric Abrahamson | 36.1% | 121,226 | |
| Constitution | Steven J. Willis/Larry Johnsen | 1.2% | 4,010 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Gerber/Bette Rose Ryan | 1% | 3,282 | |
| Total Votes | 335,508 | |||
| Election results via South Dakota Secretary of State. | ||||
2002
On November 5, 2002, Mike Rounds/Dennis Daugaard won election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota. They defeated Jim Abbott/Mike Wilson, James P. Carlson/Ron Bosch and Nathan A. Barton/Eric Risty in the general election.
| Governor/Lt. Governor of South Dakota, 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mike Rounds/Dennis Daugaard |
56.8% | 189,920 | |
| Democratic | Jim Abbott/Mike Wilson | 41.9% | 140,263 | |
| Independent | James P. Carlson/Ron Bosch | 0.7% | 2,393 | |
| Libertarian | Nathan A. Barton/Eric Risty | 0.6% | 1,983 | |
| Total Votes | 334,559 | |||
| Election results via South Dakota Secretary of State. | ||||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Dennis Daugaard | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | South Dakota |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Daugaard 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.[17] 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.
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.[18][19]
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.[18][19]
See also
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- Governor of South Dakota
- Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
- Lieutenant Governor Matthew Michels
- South Dakota Governor creates review of red tape June 26, 2012
- South Dakota pays to fill surplus of jobs August 28, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "In State Governments, Signs of a Healthier G.O.P.," April 16, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the South Dakota Governor, " About Dennis," accessed June 20, 2013
- ↑ South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, "South Dakota Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard," accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ South Dakota Governor, About Governor Dennis Daugaard," accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "South Dakota Gov. Daugaard won by the biggest margin in state history," December 16, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "Gov. Dennis Daugaard," October 8, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005," October 8, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "Battle brewing over transgender bathroom laws in state capitals," February 29, 2016
- ↑ AL.com, "South Dakota transgender bill vetoed: Law would restrict student bathroom access," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Argus Leader, "Daugaard won't take stance on Syrian refugees until they arrive," November 16, 2015
- ↑ The Business Journals, "Governors and jobs: How governors rank for job creation in their states," June 27, 2013
- ↑ The Business Journals, "How state governors rank on their job-growth record," June 27, 2013
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Dennis Daugaard, South Dakota Governor, Rejects Obamacare Medicaid Expansion," December 5, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Election 2010-South Dakota Primary Results," June 8, 2010
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State, "General Election - November 2, 2010," updated November 9, 2001 at 17:10, accessed November 15, 2010
- ↑ South Dakota GOP, "SDGOP elects Delegates and Alternates for the Republican National Convention," March 21, 2016
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by Mike Rounds (R) |
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Succeeded by Kristi Noem (R) |
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