Dennis Feickert Explained
Dennis Feickert[2] (born June 19, 1948) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 11, 2013. Fieckert served consecutively from January 2009 until January 11, 2013 in the District 3 seat. Fieckert was a county commissioner for Brown County from 1987 until 2009.
Elections
- 2012 Redistricted to District 1, and with incumbent Democratic Representative David Sigdestad leaving the Legislature and leaving a District 1 seat open, Feickert and Susan Wismer were unopposed for both the June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary[3] and the November 6, 2012 General election, where Feickert took the first seat with 5,967 votes (55.2%) and Wismer took the second seat.[4]
- 2008 When House District 3 incumbent Republican Representative Al Novstrup ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 3 seat open, Feickert ran in the June 3, 2008 Democratic Primary;[5] in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election Feickert took the first seat with 5,561 votes (28.59%) and incumbent Republican Representative David Novstrup took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominee Mark Remily and Republican nominee Isaac Latterell.[6]
- 2010 Feickert ran in the June 8, 2010 Democratic Primary;[7] in the four-way November 2, 2010 General election, incumbent Republican Representative David Novstrup took the first seat and Feickert took the second seat with 4,355 votes (27.23%) ahead of returning 2008 Republican nominee Isaac Latterell and Democratic nominee Tim Even;[8] Latterell was elected to the House for District 6 in 2012.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Representative Dennis Feickert. South Dakota Legislature. Pierre, South Dakota. January 22, 2014.
- Web site: Dennis Feickert's Biography. Project Vote Smart. January 22, 2014.
- Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. January 22, 2014.
- Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. January 22, 2014.
- Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 22, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103442/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_primarylegislature.shtm . January 16, 2014 . dead .
- Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 22, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103400/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo08_generalleg.shtm . January 16, 2014 . dead .
- Web site: Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010. Secretary of State of South Dakota. Pierre, South Dakota. January 22, 2014.
- Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 22, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm . January 16, 2014 . dead .