Don’t look for anything official until after session, but I’m hearing that State Senator Lance Russell may be moving forward with a bid for the office of Attorney General in the 2018 election.
The talk around the Capitol is that Lance is definitely “in,” and already starting to have discussions with potential delegates.
As the sole West River candidate at the moment, Lance might be able to leverage that to his advantage with his deep connections to the Pennington County GOP delegation, when East River votes will likely be a bit more split.
We shall see, but it all adds up to a vibrant and exciting 2018 election for Republicans next year.
Lance is a good egg he’s definitely got my vote.
Member of central committee?
Why does that matter?
Best friend of Stace, right?
I think he has a natural base that will travel to convention.
This adds up to one thing. Ravnsborg’s worst nightmare. Ravnsborg is no longer the anti establishment candidate he is just the inexperienced candidate.
Russell will be tough to beat and Nelson will probably run for governor on his coattails.
The big question Russell needs to know is will conservatives who vote like him support him. Will Haggar’s, Stalzer’s, Bolin, Greenfield etc back him or will they go with a more establishment candidate because Russell has gone too far occasionally.
Russell is a rockstar candidate that will gain major traction and his experience as a prosecutor and as a candidate with the ability to get elected will take him a long way in this election. He will be incredibly formidable.
Seems to me there’s an Ethics opinion out there saying that he abused his authority for political reasons
Wasn’t he involved in some controversy with his SA job in Hot Springs?
He’s a true conservative I think Lance will have a lot of support!
I like Lance a lot personally and admire his convictions. However, he has taken the grandstanding too far at times — we do not need or want a grandstander in the AG’s office. If he can assure me and others he’ll take the job seriously and not grandstand whenever he gets a chance, then he could make it. I do like that he has actual prosecutorial experience compared to some who would like the job.
No chance…
He would be better serve to stay in the State Senate….I agree he has no chance, he has way too many skeletons in his closet.
Has anyone heard Russell speak? He goes on and on and says absolutely nothing.
His speeches remind me of a South Dakota version of Macbeth: Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
With 16 months to go Lance Russell is in the catbird seat to be the next attorney general of SD.
Says an anonymous poster who has already posted mutliple times on on this thread.
Those multiple postings are only allowed when they go after conservatives.
Way to hold them accountable Troy Jones.
Russell has been getting great name recognition opportunities this year. Like them or hate them, Russell and Nelson are the two top political names in the media with favorable mentioning.
They may want to claim Russell and Nelson threatened to kill someone again, throw them out of caucus, or some other lame attack.
Whatever Stace. You’re going to get a sore shoulder patting yourself on the back so much.
What a pair. As governor, Stace can fire all the state employees caught fornicating and Lance will fight off the inevitable wrongful termination suits.