Bob Mercer is a newspaper reporter in Pierre where he covers state government, issues and politics for the Aberdeen American News.

Survey South Dakota

The American News has partnered with KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls and KOTA-TV in Rapid City for Survey South Dakota.

In all, 616 likely November voters (from a pool of 750 interviews with South Dakotans) were polled from Oct.1-5 on South Dakota races and issues. The poll was conducted by SurveyUSA of Clifton, N.J.

Results from the Survey South Dakota poll of the governor's race and other state races and issues will be released at 6 p.m. Wednesday on AberdeenNews.com. Use hashtag #SurveySD on Twitter.