What is Larry Pressler?
[[File:Larry Pressler.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pressler in 1980]] '''Larry Lee Pressler''' (born March 29, 1942) is an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was born in [[Humboldt, South Dakota|Humboldt]], [[South Dakota]] and was the [[United States Senate|United States senator]] of [[South Dakota]]. He served as senator from 1979 to 1997. He was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Pressler ran for [[President of the United States]] in 1980, but lost to [[Ronald Reagan]] during the primary. Pressler announced in 2013, that he would run for the senate seat as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]. He soon lost the election to Republican Governor [[Mike Rounds]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY |title=2014 Statewide Election Results |publisher=South Dakota Secretary of State |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070533/http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY |archive-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pressler, Larry}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1980 United States presidential candidates]] [[Category:United States senators from South Dakota]] [[Category:Independent politicians in the United States]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}