Marie Steichen (died September 2006) was a Democratic politician from

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, who gained fame for winning a local election two months after dying of

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. In the

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of November 7, 2006 she defeated, by a vote of 100 to 64, the incumbent

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candidate Merlin Feistner for the post of

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of Jerauld County in the

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. This was the first time she had stood for election for political office. She and her husband Harold lived on a farm south of Lane, South Dakota. In the primary election, she had defeated Rick Easton of Wessington Springs by just one vote, 22–21.Plainsman Online

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