Roger D. Solum (born July 1, 1953) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the

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representing District 5 since January 2009.

Elections

*2012 Solum and incumbent Representative

Melissa Magstadt Melissa Magstadt is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 5 since January 11, 2011. Elections *2012 Magstadt and incumbent Representative Roger Solum were unopposed ...

were unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election where Representative Madstadt took the first seat and Solum took the second seat with 5,844 votes (39.4%) ahead of Democratic nominee Dorothy Kellogg. *2008 When District 5 incumbent Republican Representatives Al Koistinen ran for

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and left a District 5 seat open, Solum and incumbent Representative Bob Faehn were unopposed for the June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and won the four-way November 4, 2008 General election where Representative Faehn took the first seat and Solum took the second seat with 5,617 votes (31.2%) ahead of Democratic nominees Curt Johnson and Juanita Lentz. *2010 When incumbent Representative Faehn left the Legislature and left a District 5 seat open, Solum ran in the three-way June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and placed second with 1,062 votes (34.8%); in the three-way November 2, 2010 General election fellow Republican nominee Melissa Madstadt took the first seat and Solum took the second seat with 4,514 votes (34.23%) ahead of Democratic nominee Jeff Dunn.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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* Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Watertown, South Dakota 1953 births 21st-century members of the South Dakota Legislature {{SouthDakota-politician-stub