From KELO-AM news, veteran political observers, even Democrat observers, are saying that the Thune race is a done deal at this point:
South Dakota Political Analyst Bob Burns wouldn’t be shocked if Senator John Thune (R) this year runs unopposed again. Thune ran without competition in 2010.
Burns, a veteran observer of South Dakota politics, says the State Democratic Party doesn’t have “much of a bench” these days for possible candidates for high office in South Dakota. His best bet seems to be that the Democrats will eventually find someone to run against Thune, with little hope of victory, but at least to provide an alternative voice on national issues.
“..wouldn’t be shocked if Senator John Thune (R) this year runs unopposed again” and “eventually find someone to run against Thune, with little hope of victory” is not exactly a ringing endorsement for Anne Tornberg’s tenure as Democrat Party Chair.
(I wonder how filling those other 105 seats are going?)