Don Kopp Explained

Don Kopp
State House:	South Dakota
District:	35th
Term Start:	January 2009
Predecessor:	Jeffrey Haverly
Successor:	Incumbent
Alongside:	Mark Kirkeby (2009–2013) Blaine Campbell (2013–present)
Birth Date:	19 April 1942
Birth Place:	Rock Springs, Wyoming
Nationality:	American
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Rapid City, South Dakota

Donald D. Kopp^[1] (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 35^[2] since January 2009.^[3]

Elections

• 2012 With incumbent Republican Representative Mark Kirkeby running for South Dakota Senate and leaving a District 35 seat open, Kopp ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 712 votes (48.3%);^[4] in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, Kopp took the first seat with 4,305 votes (34.63%) and fellow Republican nominee Blaine Campbell took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Shane Liebig (who had run for Senate in 2008) and Jay Pond^[5] (who had run for the seat in 2010 as an Independent).
• 2008 When District 35 incumbent Republican Representative Jeffrey Haverly ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 35 seat open, Kopp ran in the three-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and placed second with 655 votes (38.5%);^[6] in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election incumbent Republican Representative Mark Kirkeby took the first seat and Kopp took the second seat with 3,893 votes (28.23%) ahead of Democratic nominees Fern Johnson and Curtis Marquardt.^[7]
• 2010 Kopp and incumbent Representative Kirkeby were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary^[8] and won the four-way November 2, 2010 General election, where Representative Kirkeby took the first seat and Kopp took the second seat with 2,871 votes (28.07%) ahead of Democratic nominee Sharon Green and Independent candidate Jay Pond.^[9]

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature
• Campaign site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Representative Don Kopp . . . January 21, 2014 . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201133/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=466 . dead .
2. Web site: Pete Kopp's Biography . . January 21, 2014.
3. Web site: South Dakota Legislature.
4. Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 21, 2014.
5. Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 15, 2014.
6. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 21, 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 21, 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 .
8. Web site: Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 21, 2014.
9. Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 21, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116104333/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_general2010_leg.shtm . January 16, 2014 .