Several Republican primary races and Mitchell School Board race to be decided Tuesday

Today is Election Day in South Dakota. Registered Republican voters will have several primary races to decide.

Governor Kristi Noem faces a challenge from Representative Steve Haugaard.

Senator John Thune has two primary challengers – Bruce Whalen and Mark Mowry.

U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson squares off against State Representative Taffy Howard.

Here in District 20, Representative Lance Koth faces two challengers – Ben Krohmer and Jeff Bathke.

All South Dakota voters will decide on Amendment C, which would be a new requirement to South Dakota’s constitution that will make it more difficult to pass ballot measures that raise taxes or expend significant government funds. The proposed constitutional amendment would place a 60% vote threshold on citizen-initiated ballot measures that raise taxes or spend more than $10 million within five years of enactment.

Mitchell School District voters will choose two Mitchell School Board members from six candidates.

Davison County Auditor Sue Kiepke says there are four polling sites in Davison County: voters who live on the east side of Mitchell will vote at the MCTEA building across from Mitchell Senior High School, while voters on the west side of Mitchell will vote at the Davison County Fairgrounds.  Polling sites are also located at the Mount Vernon Senior Center and the Ethan City Finance Office.  She says to bring a photo ID with you to vote.

Polls are open until 7 PM. We will begin our live coverage at around 8 PM on KMIT and Kool 98.3.