Richard Blake Curd (born September 19, 1967) is an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 12 since June 6, 2013. Curd served non-consecutively in the

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from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the

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District 12 seat. He was a candidate for the

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for

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in the 2010 election. Curd was appointed to the South Dakota Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator J. Mark Johnston.

Education

Curd graduated from the

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Elections

*2010 To challenge incumbent Democratic

member

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, Curd ran in the three-way June 8, 2010 Republican Primary but lost to state Representative

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; Noem went on to win the three-way November 2, 2010 General election against U.S. Representative Sandlin and

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candidate B. Thomas Marking. *2008 When House District 33 incumbent Republican Representative Michael Buckingham ran for South Dakota Senate and incumbent Republican Representative Don Van Etten was

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ed and left the Legislature, Curd ran in the four-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and placed second with 747 votes (24.8%), in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election incumbent Representative Manny Steele took the first seat and Curd took the second seat with 6,119 votes (27.1%) ahead of Democratic nominees Paula Johnson and Gregory Kniffen, who had run for the seat in 2006.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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