Lance Carson Explained

Lance Carson^[1]
State House:	South Dakota
District:	20th
Term Start:	January 9, 2007
Term End:	January 13, 2015
Predecessor:	Lou Sebert
Successor:	Joshua Klumb
Alongside:	Mike Vehle (2007–2009) Noel Hamiel (2009–2011) Tona Rozum (2011–2015)
Term Start2:	January 10, 2017
Term End2:	January 8, 2019
Predecessor2:	Joshua Klumb
Successor2:	Paul Miskimins Lance Koth
Birth Date:	3 December 1945
Birth Place:	Nunda, South Dakota, U.S.
Death Place:	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Mitchell, South Dakota

Lance Allen Carson (December 3, 1945 – October 14, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 20^[2] from 2007 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019.^[3]

Biography

Carson was born in Nunda, South Dakota. He graduated from Rutland High School and Southern State Teachers College. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Carson owned a gas station and automobile repair shop in Brookings, South Dakota.

Carson and his wife moved to Mitchell, South Dakota, and operated Lance's Interstate Amoco for twenty-five years. After serving in the legislature Carson was elected to serve as the County Chair for the Davison County Republican Party.^[4] Prior to Carson's death he endorsed Barry Volk as his successor as State House Representative from District 20.

Health and death

Carson had suffered from heart problems after having four heart attacks, including the first one at age 38. He wore a heart pump in his later years and undergone two bypass surgeries.^[5] Carson was hospitalized for a blood infection in 2012^[6] which developed into leukemia.^[7] He died from COVID-19 in Minneapolis, on October 14, 2020, at age 74, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota.^[8]

Elections

• 2012 Carson and incumbent Representative Tona Rozum were unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary;^[9] and won the four-way November 6, 2012 General election where Carson took the first seat with 5,841 votes (32%) and Representative Rozum took the second seat against Democratic nominees James Schorzmann and Dave Mitchell,^[10] who had run for the seat in 2006 and 2008.
• 2006 When incumbent Republican Representative Lou Sebert was term limited and left the Legislature and left a District 20 seat open, Carson and incumbent Representative Mike Vehle were unopposed for the June 6, 2006 Republican Primary,^[11] and won the four-way November 7, 2006 General election, where Carson took the first seat with 4,530 votes (29.4%) and Representative Vehle took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Susan Steele and David Mitchell.^[12]
• 2008 With incumbent Republican Representative Vehle running for South Dakota Senate and leaving a District 20 seat open, Carson and Noel Hamiel were unopposed for the June 3, 2008 Republican Primary;^[13] in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election, Carson took the first seat with 5,599 votes (33.1%) and Hamiel took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Tony Sieler and returning 2006 opponent David Mitchell.^[14]
• 2010 With incumbent Republican Representative Hamiel leaving the Legislature leaving a District 20 seat open, Carson and Tona Rozum were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary;^[15] in the three-way November 2, 2010 General election Carson took the first seat with 5,363 votes (43.4%) and Rozum took the second seat ahead of Independent Becky Haslam.^[16]

External links

• Official page at the South Dakota Legislature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Representative Lance Carson . . . January 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140101200844/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=433 . January 1, 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Lance Carson's Biography . . January 23, 2014.
3. Web site: SDLRC - Lance A Carson . Sdlegislature.gov . 2020-10-16.
4. Web site: SD GOP Leadership . South Dakota Republican Party . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028020333/https://sdgop.com/about-the-party/gop-leadership/ . October 28, 2020 .
5. Web site: Carson wearing heart pump in effort to battle illness . Mitchellrepublic.com . January 21, 2013.
6. Web site: Rep. Lance Carson hospitalized for blood infection . Mitchellrepublic.com . June 13, 2012.
7. Web site: Lance Carson Obituary . 16 October 2020 . Mitchellrepublic.com.
8. Web site: Former SD legislator Lance Carson dies of COVID-19 . Mitchellrepublic.com . 2020-10-15 . 2020-10-16.
9. Web site: Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012 . . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014.
10. Web site: Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014.
11. Web site: South Dakota Republican Legislative Primary Election June 6, 2006 Official Canvass . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103312/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_repbulicanprimaryreturns.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
12. Web site: 2006 General Election Official Returns for Legislature . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103320/http://sdsos.gov/content/viewcontent.aspx?cat=elections&pg=%2Felections%2Fpastelections_electioninfo06_GElegislativereturns.shtm . January 16, 2014 .
13. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 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 .
14. Web site: 2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 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 .
15. Web site: Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 2014.
16. Web site: 2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010 . Secretary of State of South Dakota . Pierre, South Dakota . January 23, 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 .