FACTS ABOUT KRISTI NOEM’S CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE BUDGET
Statement:
“Kristi Noem spends $190,000 less annually on South Dakota’s congressional office than her predecessor did in 2010, spent less in 2017 than 2016, and has consistently spent around 10% of the budget on travel to ensure that she is in South Dakota as often as possible and to ensure that congressional office employees are traveling the state to help constituents as often as possible. That’s what she was elected to do, and she’s proud of her record that has resulted in less spending overall.” – Justin Brasell.
FACTS:
- In 2016 (the latest year for which the numbers are final), the Noem office’s overall spending was 13% below her predecessor’s last year in 2010.
- Noem’s 2016 spending was more than $190,000 less than her predecessor’s last year in 2010.
- The office’s budgeted spending for 2017 was also lower than 2016.
- Kristi has always kept her office’s travel spending around 10% of her total budget. The 2018 travel budget remains under 10% as well.
2011: 8.8% of total Members Representational Allowance (MRA, the amount allocated for the office to spend)
- 2012: 10.0% of total MRA
- 2013: 10.6% of total MRA
- 2014: 9.5% of total MRA
- 2015: 8.7% of total MRA
- 2016: 9.5% of total MRA
- 2017: figures still being calculated, but expected to be under 10%
- After she helped Republicans win back the majority in the House in 2010, Kristi Noem voted to cut overall congressional budgets.
- South Dakota is larger and more rural than most Congressional districts, naturally leading to higher travel costs than many other districts. For example, New York’s 15th district is just over 10 square miles. South Dakota is 78,116 square miles.
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And how about those travel records? Crickets. Nice attempt to change the subject though.
Travel records? What travel records? There is nothing to see here. Move along now
Justin Brasell is one of the most successful campaign operatives in the country working from right here in Mississippi. From running campaigns as a general consultant to running SuperPACs, he has had an enormous track record of success with his firm Triumph Campaigns.
This is the nasty dude to watch
Gee, it looks like the Congresswoman actually was very thrifty when spending the taxpayers dollars. I don’t think that was the intended effect of the “whistleblower.” This kinda reminds me of the speeding tickets dust up in 2010. That didn’t work either.
NOBODY CARES.
To elaborate – partisans formone candidate or the other might enjoy this and find affirmation in it but this isn’t moving any votes. It looks like they both had fairly reasonable travel expenses.
Move on both candidates no one cares about this!!!!!!
I care about how they spend taxpayers money on their offices and travel. It shows that they don’t consider themselves as royalty. Good to know and nice job.
Any moment these 2 are not talking about jobs, the economy or ways to improve SD is a lost moment.
This is a lost moment
Ditto for both candidates: nobody cares.
I do care that the Noem campaign would use democrat lies to attack Jackley on travel. That is dirty and shame on them. Noem also claims to be conservative but she has consistentily voted for more spending and our national debt is out of control.
Why aren’t they focusing on issues like Tapio and Hubbel?
You mean like Lora’s issues that math standards cause child suicide, and that people who take drugs prescribed by a physician are into “sorcery.”
With issues like those, who needs to ever go see a circus?
Did Republicans learn nothing from the Rounds/Barnett/Kirby primary? South Dakota does not respond positively to non-issue campaigns. Give us a reason to vote for you not a reason to vote against the other.
Elizabeth Marty May
January 14 at 8:10pm ·
South Dakota’s state’s general fund expenditures has grown more than 35% over the last 10 years (’08-’17)…did your income grow by more than 35% during that same time period?
SDLRC – 2018 House Bill 1044 – Printed
SDLEGISLATURE.GOV
They don’t sound conservative to me.
Billie Sutton must be giggling on the Senate floor reading this.
So her guy in D.C. can’t explain why her spending is significantly higher than ND and WY? Pretty apples to apples comparison when it comes to population density and rural expanse.
I agree, people may not care about the actual number spent, but they do care honesty and integrity. From my point of view, only one candidate has shown themselves to possess those traits so far.
Wouldn’t a previous SD rep compared to a current SD rep be more apples to apples than a WY rep vs. SD rep?
Sure, and then we can ask ourselves why both Noem and Herseth-Sandlin spend so much on travel compared to ND and WY? They are far more comparable in geography and population density than a congressional district in New York.
I don’t feel good about a republican having egregious travel expenses just because a Democrat had slightly more egregious travel expenses.