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The South Dakota Senate Election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008.
Incumbent senator Tim Johnson was considered a Republican target, but his strong recovery from health problems has strengthened his popularity which made recruiting strong Republican challengers difficult. The Republican challengers are state representative Joel Dykstra, realtor Sam Eephart and Charles Lyonel Gonyo. The filing deadline for candidates to run was March 25.[1] The three Republican candidates will face each other in the June 3 primary. In 2002 Senator Johnson narrowly defeated Republican candidate John Thune by 524 votes. John Thune is now a Senator after defeating incumbent Senator Tom Daschle by 4,508 votes.
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