Thomas Brunner

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Thomas Brunner
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Prior offices
South Dakota House of Representatives District 29

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 7, 2022

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Farmer

Thomas Brunner (Republican Party) was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 29. He assumed office on January 13, 2015. He left office on January 11, 2021.

Brunner (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 28B. He lost in the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.

Brunner previously served in the state House, representing District 29 from 2005 to 2013.

Biography

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Brunner's professional experience includes working as a farmer.[1]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Brunner was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Dakota committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vice chair
Education

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Brunner served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brunner served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Brunner served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B

Neal Pinnow defeated Calvin Reilly in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Neal Pinnow
Neal Pinnow (R)
 
80.7
 
4,234
Calvin Reilly (Independent)
 
19.3
 
1,010

Total votes: 5,244
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B

Neal Pinnow defeated Thomas Brunner in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 28B on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Neal Pinnow
Neal Pinnow
 
56.5
 
1,452
Image of Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner
 
43.5
 
1,120

Total votes: 2,572
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2020

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Dean Wink and incumbent Kirk Chaffee defeated Jade Addison in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dean Wink
Dean Wink (R)
 
46.1
 
8,167
Image of Kirk Chaffee
Kirk Chaffee (R)
 
36.0
 
6,381
Jade Addison (Independent)
 
17.9
 
3,174

Total votes: 17,722
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Dean Wink and incumbent Kirk Chaffee defeated incumbent Thomas Brunner and Lincoln Shuck in the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dean Wink
Dean Wink
 
31.4
 
2,016
Image of Kirk Chaffee
Kirk Chaffee
 
27.3
 
1,751
Image of Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner
 
25.8
 
1,655
Lincoln Shuck
 
15.5
 
991

Total votes: 6,413
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2018

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Kirk Chaffee and incumbent Thomas Brunner defeated Jade Addison and Michael McManus in the general election for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kirk Chaffee
Kirk Chaffee (R)
 
37.7
 
5,935
Image of Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner (R)
 
36.3
 
5,711
Jade Addison (D)
 
13.2
 
2,078
Michael McManus (D)
 
12.7
 
2,004

Total votes: 15,728
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Jade Addison and Michael McManus advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 on June 5, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)

Incumbent Thomas Brunner and incumbent Larry Rhoden advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 on June 5, 2018.


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2016

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016. Incumbent Dean Wink (R) did not seek re-election.

Larry Rhoden and incumbent Thomas Brunner were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 general election.[2][3]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Larry Rhoden 59.81% 6,919
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Brunner Incumbent 40.19% 4,650
Total Votes 11,569
Source: South Dakota Secretary of State



Incumbent Thomas Brunner and Larry Rhoden were unopposed in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 29 Republican primary.[4][5]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Brunner Incumbent
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Larry Rhoden

2014

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the South Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Incumbent Dean Wink and Thomas Brunner defeated Tammy Basel, Wanda Blair and Terri Jorgenson in the Republican primary. Brunner and Wink were unopposed in the general election.[6][7][8]

South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDean Wink Incumbent 29.8% 1,607
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Brunner 22% 1,186
Wanda Blair 20.5% 1,105
Terri Jorgenson 15.6% 843
Tammy Basel 12% 649
Total Votes 5,390

2010

See also: South Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Brunner ran for re-election to District 29 of the South Dakota House of Representatives. Brunner and Dean Wink (incumbent) both advanced past the June 8 Republican primary.[9] Wink and Brunner defeated DaleArleta Volmer (D) in the general election.[10]

South Dakota State House, District 29 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Brunner (R) 6,244 43.53%
Green check mark transparent.png Dean Wink (R) 5,088 35.47%
DaleArleta Volmer (D) 3,011 20.99%

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Thomas Brunner campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022South Dakota House of Representatives District 28BLost primary$3,000 $0
2020South Dakota House of Representatives District 29Lost primary$2,250 N/A**
2018South Dakota House of Representatives District 29Won general$7,350 N/A**
2016South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $2,300 N/A**
2014South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $4,700 N/A**
2010South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $7,124 N/A**
2008South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $8,984 N/A**
2006South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $4,894 N/A**
2004South Dakota House of Representatives, District 29Won $4,700 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2020

In 2020, the South Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 14 to March 30.

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2019


2018


2017


2016


2015



Personal

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Brunner and his wife, Quin, have seven children.[1]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Gary Cammack (R)
South Dakota House of Representatives District 29
2015-2021
Succeeded by
Dean Wink (R)
Preceded by
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South Dakota House of Representatives District 29
2005–2013
Succeeded by
Gary Cammack (R)


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Jon Hansen
Majority Leader:Scott Odenbach
Minority Leader:Erin Healy
Representatives
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Kent Roe (R)
District 5
Matt Roby (R)
District 6
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District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26A
District 26B
District 27
District 28A
Jana Hunt (R)
District 28B
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (64)
Democratic Party (6)