"We should just cancel the 35 percent rule and just award me the winner, like that's it. Such a silly rule anyway."

Toby Doeden, a first-time candidate and businessman who finished first in South Dakota's four-way Republican gubernatorial primary on June 2 but with only 31% of the vote, just short of the 35% threshold required to avoid a runoff. Doeden now faces incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden in a July 28 runoff he didn't anticipate.  (South Dakota Searchlight)