Don Kopp

Elections

• 2012 With incumbent Republican Representative Mark Kirkeby running for South Dakota Senate and leaving a District 35 seat open, Kopp ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed first with 712 votes ; in the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, Kopp took the first seat with 4,305 votes and fellow Republican nominee Blaine Campbell took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Shane Liebig and Jay Pond.
• 2008 When District 35 incumbent Republican Representative Jeffrey Haverly ran for South Dakota Senate and left a District 35 seat open, Kopp ran in the three-way June 3, 2008 Republican Primary and placed second with 655 votes ; in the four-way November 4, 2008 General election incumbent Republican Representative Mark Kirkeby took the first seat and Kopp took the second seat with 3,893 votes ahead of Democratic nominees Fern Johnson and Curtis Marquardt.
• 2010 Kopp and incumbent Representative Kirkeby were unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and won the four-way November 2, 2010 General election, where Representative Kirkeby took the first seat and Kopp took the second seat with 2,871 votes ahead of Democratic nominee Sharon Green and Independent candidate Jay Pond.