Gordon K Howie was born on July 23,1949 and is an American politician from the state of South Dakota.
10 Facts About Gordon Howie
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Gordon Howie ran for the US Senate as an Independent in the 2014 elections.
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Gordon Howie was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives in the 2004 elections, serving in that body from 2005 to 2009.
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Gordon Howie was then elected to the South Dakota Senate in the 2008 elections, serving in that body from 2009 to 2011.
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Gordon Howie ran for Governor of South Dakota in the 2010 elections, with former State Senator Kermit Staggers as his running mate.
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Gordon Howie finished fourth out of five candidates in the Republican primary, with 10,430 votes.
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Gordon Howie ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate as an independent in the 2014 elections, losing to former governor Mike Rounds.
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Gordon Howie had indicated that he wanted to ensure there was a "true conservative choice" since the Republican nominee, Governor Rounds, was too moderate.
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Gordon Howie stated at the time that if elected he would caucus with the Republican Party in the Senate.
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In March 2014, Gordon Howie pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor big-game hunting violation, for killing a mountain lion found caught in a trap, resulting in a one-year suspension of his hunting and trapping privileges and $284 in fines and court costs.