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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Democrat Herseth wins special election for South Dakota's lone House seat |
 | | Herseth's win coincided with Democratic claims that a national tide is running their way. |
 | | Herseth won 51 percent, or 132,377 votes, to 49 percent, or 129,396 votes for Diedrich, a farmer, former state lawmaker and onetime head of the American Soybean Association. |
 | | Herseth's grandfather, Ralph Herseth, was South Dakota's governor from 1959 to 1961, and her father, Lars, was a longtime state lawmaker. |
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