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Could a Thune retirement resurrect Dakota Democrats?At the turn of the century, both Dakotas suffered from a sort of political incongruity. Each state was reliably Republican in presidential contests and at the state level, yet each state had two Democratic senators. It was a peculiar combination that John Thune tried to end in 2002 with his run in South Dakota against Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson. Thune, then serving as South Dakota's at-large congressman, lost that race by just 524 votes. |
