Election To Congress
In 2002, Janklow ran for the Republican nomination for South Dakota's only House seat. He defeated the Democratic candidate, Stephanie Herseth, an attorney, by a vote of 180,023 to 153,656. She is the granddaughter of former governor Ralph Herseth and his wife Lorna Herseth, former state Secretary of State for South Dakota.
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