fellow Republican nominee Jim Bolin took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Janelle O'Connor and Brian Wells. 2010 When Senate District 16 incumbent Democratic Senator Gillespie left the Legislature and left the seat open, Lederman was unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,082 votes (62.71%) against Democratic nominee Kathy Hill. 2012 Lederman was unopposed for the June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 6,604 votes (60.04%) against Democratic nominee Michael O'Connor. South Dakota State Senate 2014 In the race for District 16 State Senate, Lederman defeated Democrat Ann Tornberg on a vote of 56% to 44%. With Lederman's election to State Chair of the South Dakota Republican Party, he again found himself at opposite political positions with Tornberg, who herself had been elected to be chairwoman of the South Dakota Democratic Party. Lederman resigned on March 30, 2015. South Dakota Presidential Elector 2020 Lederman served as an elector for the 2020 presidential election, replacing Kristi Noem. Lederman voted for President Donald Trump for president and Vice-President Mike Pence for vice president. Electoral history Voter Registration Controversy On October 11, 2017, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Lora Hubbel sent out a press release claiming Lederman's Iowa voter registration was still in force. In reporting the story, the media noted that Hubbel had changed parties herself a few months earlier. In an interview with KELO radio, South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs indicated that since Lederman used "Dan Lederman" when he originally registered in Iowa and "Daniel Isaac Lederman" when registering in South Dakota, the name was not removed from the Iowa voter roll at the time, because it " would not be an exact match and wouldn't have been caught in the de-duplicating process that Secretary of States use." Lederman responded to the candidate's criticism in an op-ed released to the media the following day titled "OK to change parties in America. References External links Official page at the South Dakota Legislature Campaign site Dan Lederman at Ballotpedia Dan Lederman at the National Institute on Money in State Politics Dan Lederman Profile at South Dakota Republican Party 1972 births Living people Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives People from Union County, South Dakota Politicians from Waterloo, Iowa Republican Party South Dakota state senators State political party chairs of South