Spencer LeRoy Hawley (born April 18, 1953) is an American politician and a

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former member of the

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representing District 7 from 2011-2019.

Elections

*2012 Hawley and another candidate ran unopposed in the June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election incumbent Republican Representative

Scott Munsterman Scott Donald Munsterman (born February 24, 1961) is a former mayor of Brookings, South Dakota. Munsterman sought the Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota in the South Dakota gubernatorial election in 2010. In a Republican primar ...

took the first seat and Hawley took the second seat with 4,610 votes (31.34%) ahead of fellow Democratic nominee Linda Brandt and Republican nominee Brian Roehrich. *2010 When incumbent Republican Representative

Larry Tidemann Larry J. Tidemann (born April 13, 1948 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is a former American politician and a former Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 7 from 2011-2019. Tidemann served consecutively in the Sout ...

ran for

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and Representative

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left the Legislature leaving both District 7 seats open, Hawley ran in the three-way June 8, 2010 Democratic Primary and placed first with 465 votes (51.16%); in the four-way November 2, 2010 General election Republican nominee Scott Munsterman took the first seat and Hawley took the second seat with 4,038 votes (28.22%) ahead of Republican nominee Michael Bartley and Democratic nominee Harold Widvey. who had run for Senate in 2006.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign site
* 1953 births 21st-century American politicians Living people Democratic Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Brookings, South Dakota People from Armour, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-politician-stub