GOP Vice Chair Candidate Dan Wheeler and GOP Chair Candidate Dan Lederman met with interested Republicans last night to explain why Republican Central Committee members should elect them to leadership posts this coming weekend in Pierre, where Dan Lederman and Linda Rausch will be opposing incumbent Chair Pam Roberts and David Wheeler for the offices in question.
According to Yankton County GOP Chair Jason Ravnsborg:
“They both represented their positions well and we had a good question and answer session from the audience and they were both engaging.”
“We are thankful that they both could attend and we told them they are always welcome in Yankton and hope that they can come back for a Lincoln Day dinner on April 7th no matter what the outcome is on Saturday.”
Stay tuned – there’s lots more to come on this weekend’s race for South Dakota GOP Chair!
Any word on what the turnout was like? Just curious how many people are engaged on this race, or how much of it is just a few of us chirping on this blog.
I heard they had people from as far away as Minnehaha and Moody counties.
So Roetman and the Beals?
Yes we were there. Went rummaging at the consignment shop near Vermillion, ate Bananas Foster at Minerva’s and enjoyed the company at the meeting. Good time.
Great to hear, Anne. Can you tell us how many people attended? I genuinely am just curious how many folks are engaged on this race. There’s been a lot of back and forth online but that doesn’t indicate what the general party activist is thinking.
Are there any more events planned before Saturday’s meeting?
I can’t imagine there are more than 20 people in this state who really care who is the SD GOP chair.
Most of us are probably just happy to see SD GOP establishment turmoil. Daugaard the Endorser and Trump basher is kind of a high on himself you know.
Bring on Marty Jackley. I’ve been ready to move on for a long time.
I don’t have a vote and this doesn’t impact me but I’d like to see Lederman and Wheeler team up.
That would be a good ticket endorsed by Daugaard.
The best of both worlds.
That would be against the by-laws. Chair and Vice-Chair have to be of opposite sex
One of them could self-identify as female
by just making a statement?
Yes I don’t believe they check birth certificates. It is purely what they identify as.
Maybe it’s time to change that opposite sex requirement. I don’t understand what the point of it is.
It is time for new leadership for the Republican Party. Dan Lederman has the wisdom, skill-set, knowledge, relationships and understanding of what it takes to lead the party. He is interested in moving the party forward and knows how to do that. He will be a great GOP Chair. He doesn’t need the Governor’s endorsement. This is an elected position and should not be influenced by the Governor.
I’m just tired of his endorsements.
The voters and the party leaders can make up their own minds. I’ve been against Daugaard since he endorsed against Begalka.