The SDWC Update to the state of the political races for February 2017

What a difference a couple of months make!   Things continue to shift and swirl in the background of South Dakota’s political scene as campaigns begin to roll out. And they’re affecting the landscape of the 2018 Statewide races.

After being quiet for some time, Lt. Governor Matt Michels signaled that the door to a Gubernatorial campaign might not be shut, and that he would make a decision after the legislative session. Instead of pushing forward for Congress, Shantel Krebs seems to have shifted gears, and has been moving closer to the Jackley gubernatorial effort, possibly for a Lt. position.

But, don’t let me spoil it, you can read it here:

34 thoughts on “The SDWC Update to the state of the political races for February 2017”

    1. I encourage Shantel to run for congress. I am confident she wins if she does.

      Jackley will also win 53%-47%.

  1. Daugaard announced Michels as his LG June 17th or 18th of 2010. If the primary is on June 5th and Jackley waits that long to announce his pick someone would have about a week to run and be nominated for a vacated constitutional office. Because technically she might be running for it again if Jackley doesn’t win.

    Either way pretty flattering to be in the running as an LG. Mickelson, Rhoden and Lust would also be good choices.

    1. That does make for a trick situation. If Jackley announces her well ahead of the primary and then loses, Krebs could still try to run of SOS but there would presumably be others in the race at the point.

      What is the date of the 2018 convention?

    1. Mr. Nelson might make an interesting State Secretary. He would be his version of fair, and he would be heavy handed about it. There would be no messing around and he would really clean up all the corruption in the elections, or discover there really isn’t any.

      I would like to see Sideshow Stace be all in.

        1. Governor Nelson sounds interesting. He has been fighting corruption everyday he’s been a legislator. AG Russell? That’s a team with a strong message.

            1. Knowing Stace and how close minded he is how about “My Way or the Hiway!” Stace Nelson for Governor of South Dakota.

  2. My bet is on Michels. He has the experience, pragmatic and moderate which will appeal to a wider range of voters.

  3. Michels, more of the same… NO. Jackley… wants to legalize medical mary-jane, that’s good… let Bollen basically walk, NO! Noem… another republican woman… just don’t know how that works exactly, would make for a good wife, never question ya and stuff…. oh wait, what am I talking about, I’m an independent so i can’t even hang out with you guys in the primary, you made that loud and clear last November, you JERKS!

      1. I’d almost rather vote for someone who is blatantly honest even if I don’t agree with them 100%, I’m sick and tired of hearing politicans telling people what they want to hear. Most of these social issues are such a waste of time, there are bigger fish to fry! If Huether happens to be the most honest one, so be it… Jackley… we’ll see.

            1. Wouldn’t be wonderful if we could live in a utopia where as long as you don’t harm someone/thing else you can do as you please… without these overly burdensome laws and regulations… but in the end I guess society needs big mama government to take our money and watch over us…. HO HUM such is life!

  4. Hard to believe Kristi is all in when she has filed for Congress again and moved her money back to the federal PAC.

      1. Right – that and she can’t move state to federal.

        Have to say it… Michels is a nice guy but not the right guy for Governor. No way. If he gets in, look for Kristi to win handily.

  5. If Krebs runs for another office, I would bet her top assistant Tom Deadrick (former Speaker) would run for SOS. I think he ran back at the convention where Gant won.

    1. Will he be as unlikeable as he was before? I still don’t see anyone making us Delaware despite everyone promising it since he brought it up.

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