Blake Curd Explained

Blake Curd
Office:	Majority Leader of the South Dakota Senate
Term Start:	January 10, 2017
Term End:	January 8, 2019
Predecessor:	Tim Rave
Successor:	Kris Langer
State Senate1:	South Dakota
District1:	12th
Term Start1:	June 6, 2013
Predecessor1:	J. Mark Johnston
State House2:	South Dakota
District2:	33rd
Alongside2:	Manny Steele
Term Start2:	January 2009
Term End2:	January 11, 2011
Predecessor2:	Hal Wick
Successor2:	Hal Wick
Birth Date:	19 September 1967
Birth Place:	Atlantic, Iowa, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Education:	University of Missouri, Columbia (BS) University of Missouri, Kansas City (MD)

Richard Blake Curd^[1] (born September 19, 1967) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 12^[2] since June 6, 2013.^[3] Curd served non-consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 seat. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the 2010 election. Curd was appointed to the South Dakota Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator J. Mark Johnston.

Education

Curd graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine.

Elections

• 2010 To challenge incumbent Democratic United States House of Representatives member Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Curd ran in the three-way June 8, 2010 Republican Primary but lost to state Representative Kristi Noem;^[4] Noem went on to win the three-way November 2, 2010 General election against U.S. Representative Sandlin and Independent candidate B. Thomas Marking.^[5]
• 2008 When House District 33 incumbent Republican Representative Michael Buckingham ran for South Dakota Senate and incumbent Republican Representative Don Van Etten was term limited and left the Legislature, Curd ran in the four-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and placed second with 747 votes (24.8%),^[6] in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election incumbent Representative Manny Steele took the first seat and Curd took the second seat with 6,119 votes (27.1%) ahead of Democratic nominees Paula Johnson and Gregory Kniffen,^[7] who had run for the seat in 2006.

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senator Blake Curd . . . January 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201625/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=846 . January 1, 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Blake Curd's Biography . . January 24, 2014.
3. Web site: South Dakota Legislature.
4. Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results Statewide Races June 8, 2010 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 24, 2014.
5. Web site: 2010 General Election State Canvass . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . 5 . January 24, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111217023425/http://sdsos.gov/content/html/elections/electvoterpdfs/2010/2010GeneralCanvass.pdf . December 17, 2011 .
6. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 24, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
7. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 24, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm . January 16, 2014 .