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Ex-police Chief Beats Incumbent In Rapid City Mayoral Race

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Voters in Rapid City have chosen a recently retired police chief as the city’s new mayor, unseating the two-term incumbent.

The Rapid City Journal and KOTA-TV report Steve Allender beat Mayor Sam Kooiker (KWAY’-kuhr) in Tuesday’s election. The media outlets say Allender got 54 percent of the vote to Kooiker’s 46 percent.

Allender retired as Rapid City’s police chief last year, and announced his candidacy for mayor in March. The 53-year-old is set to begin his two-year term as mayor in July.

Kooiker was elected to the City Council in 2002 and as mayor in 2011.

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