[TeleStraightShooter]

Votes for Thune in Shannon County:
364 in 1996 {43% turnout}
623 in 1998 {31% turnout}
619 in 2000 {37% turnout}
248 in 2002 {44% turnout}

Thune must of done something really bad to lose 371 {60%} of his votes between 2000-2002!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

A despicable voter fraud reference bump.

[AmishDude]

Well, with Daschle as majority leader, you expect his party to get a boost in little South Dakota. Truth is, if SD had to vote again, Thune would win by double-digits. Now the whole state is irrelevant. If you notice, Thune got a boost by being an incumbent when he ran for the house. It seems that 248 is a to-be-expected number for a Republican in a Senate race in Shannon county.