. "Blake Curd"@en . "American politician" . . . . "Curd, Blake"@en . . . . . . . . . "Richard Blake Curd (born in Atlantic, Iowa) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 12 since June 6, 2013. Curd served non-consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 seat. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the 2010 election."@en .