Notwithstanding any other provisions, if a candidate has been defeated in a primary election for office in the Legislature, the candidate may not run for that office under the affiliation of a different political party in the same election year as the primary election.
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-6-65
Defeated candidate--Prohibition
Source: SL 2020, ch 51, § 1.
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