2010 Sioux Falls mayoral election

2010 Sioux Falls mayoral election
April 13, 2010
April 27, 2010
 
Candidate Mike Huether Kermit Staggers
First round 7,315
24.71% 		7,364
24.87%
Runoff 18,264
56.66% 		13,969
43.34%
 
Candidate Vernon Brown J. Pat Costello
First round 5,926
20.02% 		4,829
16.31%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Dave Munson
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Mike Huether
Nonpartisan

The 2010 Sioux Falls mayoral election took place on April 27, 2010, following a primary election on April 13, 2010. Incumbent Mayor Dave Munson was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Six candidates ran to succeed him, with City Councilmember Kermit Staggers narrowly placing first in the primary with 24.9 percent of the vote, followed by former bank executive Mike Huether, who won 24.7 percent. In the ensuing general election, Huether defeated Staggers by a wide margin, winning his first term, 57–43 percent.

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