Attorney General Candidate Jason Ravnsborg Endorsed by a Majority of South Dakota’s County Sheriffs

52 thoughts on “Attorney General Candidate Jason Ravnsborg Endorsed by a Majority of South Dakota’s County Sheriffs”

1. First reaction WOW! that is just plain impressive!

   Second, I am going to go make some coffee and it will be interesting to see how his anonymous detractors try and spin this, GOOD LUCK.

   Third, it appears he has disproven another myth about him that law enforcement doesn’t support him, quite the contrary they do support him.

   Did I say WOW!

2. After some recent talk on here about others getting in, I think the field should contract after this….how would you like to be the candidate that has to campaign WITHOUT the support of law enforcement?! OUCH

   I think we should start a pool as to who drops out first….I have thought for a while a couple of them should….

   What a way to start the new year!

   1. McGuigan needs to show some hussle.

      1. I disagree…McGuigan needs to drop out….remember he sent a letter out to the sheriffs apparently they signed with Ravnsborg anyway…that says a lot to me.

3. Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

   Ravnsborg’s biggest strength is his work ethic.

   1. He does indeed have a great work ethic, but no one should underestimate his talents and intelligence. By the way, he is also a man of great character, service, and patriotism.

4. Impressive list of endorsements. With a majority of the sheriffs supporting him, I don’t see how the other candidates can’t catch him.

   1. Sorry, typo. Can’t should be can.

5. No Pennington. No Minnehaha. No Brown. So he’s got a tiny fraction of the total SD population here.

   Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Just like everything else with this guy.

   1. So, how many Sheriff endorsements to YOU have?

   2. So the only parts of the state that matter are the 3 big counties? sounds like a Democrat argument of urban vs rural to me.

      Looks to me like if you count he has over half of east and west river, good geographic balance to me

      1. The size of the counties doesn’t matter, what matters is how many delegates they send to the convention.
         If the counties do not have a party organized to send delegates, it won’t matter if the sheriff of that county supports him. So the next step is to get Republican parties organized in the counties which don’t have them.

   3. Does that mean that they DON’T support him and are supporting someone else? My guess is that in bigger counties the Sheriffs are more apt to be concerned about backlash about supporting a specific candidate. If you have some facts please lay them out. Otherwise, try to make an intelligent argument.

      1. Milbrandt(Brown) has a re-election campaign to run against a very popular dist 3 legislator while trying to dodge questions on why he allowed one of his deputies to sexually harass a DCI agent.

6. Are the remainder now officially “fly-over counties”?

7. Yeah, I’m sure most people are looking for the big counties on the list, but he still has a lot of support.

   For me the biggest take away from this is that Ravnsborg is dedicated. I doubt many of those sheriffs are just passing out endorsements to someone they don’t know, so it appears that Jason has put in some time with each of these guys.

   After listening to him speak during his 2014 Senate campaign, i know Jason isn’t (wasn’t?) some super-charismatic, smooth-talker so he must have something of substance that is of interest to these sheriffs.

   1. He is a grinder.

8. The sheriff’s association just met with Jackley a couple months ago. Most sheriff’s. McGuigan was there. He could be asking for support also.

   McGuigan is running? Either way it’s interesting.

   Law enforcement is clearly not aligned on who they want as AG.

   1. Mr. Anonymous, how can you say that law enforcement is not clearly aligned? Ravnsborg has the majority of the Sheriffs supporting him and they were willing to put their signature on the endorsement. In my book that clearly shows law enforcement is behind Ravnsborg.
      If McGuigan was asking for support he would be producing signed endorsements, I don’t see any and he clearly won’t/can’t have the majority after this release.

      1. I agree, Pat. With 60% we could have gotten an even better tax deal, but the Demos would rather tax the crap out of people than support something that would be a win for Trump and the Republicans.

         I think that the Sheriffs of bigger counties won’t endorse out of policy; they don’t want to catch flack for putting their name with a candidate, and I guess I can’t blame them.

         However, 60% support (so far) is enough to carry the day.

   2. I note that, according to the Sheriff’s Association website, Mr. Ravnsborg has the current President, 1st Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer of the Sheriff’s Association, along with 4 past-Presidents ( I believe) of that organization? Are we to assume that the sheriff’s don’t talk to each other thus making for this misalignment you speak of?

9. What this shows me is Jason knows how to campaign. Still waiting for everyone else to show up.

10. Yes, it is I, Carl Hamburger, and this is definitely my real name.

11. It will be interesting to see how many States Attorneys have committed to a candidate. Even more interesting will be how much influence Sheriffs and Attorneys have over delegates. Endorsements like these are more important in the general. Republican Delegates tend to make up their own minds based on relationships and the candidate’s qualifications.

    1. Funny…how people on here were saying it was important BEFORE he released the list.

    2. If McGuigan had put this endorsement out it wouldn’t mean much. The fact that Ravnsborg did tells me law enforcement is not concerned about his lack of experience. It’s an important release.

12. Troy,

    Are you out there buddy? I’d be interested in your feedback. I always appreciate your thoughts.

    You mentioned one time, a lot of anonymous poster are attacking Ravnsborg and there must be a reason. I like you seemed to gravitate towards him, because yes I figured most of the attacks were unfair. It is clear to me the reason is he is ahead and has a lot of support and so they are trying to tear him down unfairly.

    I think this definitely makes anyone wanting to support the others have second thoughts.

    I also think that it undercuts a couple of his challengers a lot. I don’t see all of them going to the convention myself.

13. It looks to me that Ravnsborg is the total package. Lawyer: check, Leadership and management: check, law enforcement: check. He is a well-rounded candidate.

    1. Add to that his service to our country overseas on how many tours. He has a lot going for him.

14. G,

    I was just calling BS on the attacks on Ravnsborg by the same anonymous posters. They have a horse and were attacking to create room for their horse. Their comments weren’t well-intended in my opinion.

    It is an open seat and will make up my mind as the campaign unfolds.

    1. Thank you Troy…I appreciate your thoughts.

       The more I learn about Ravnsborg the more I like.

15. It certainly is true that the Primary is a race of delegates and that these endorsements are value added in the General election. However, do you honestly think Ravnsborg would have worked this hard for sheriff endorsements without securing a substantial number of delegates along the way. Also is it truly likely that delegates won’t find the gravity of sheriff support significant in backing a candidate.

16. Anyone else have support from law enforcement?

17. Still has that hideous campaign logo, though.

    1. I thought the same thing when I read the article. It is wholly possible his logo designer is his sister. I’m scared of my sister. He might be too.

    2. I don’t get the dislike of the logo. You’ve got Mount Rushmore, his name, what he is running for, and they year of the election. Also, since the Republican party is the “red” party, that makes sense as well. The thing that doesn’t make sense is that the Republicans are the “red” party and the Dems are “blue”. The Democrats align very closely with Communism, and the Communists are the party of “red”, so I think there should be a change in that. Let’s put that on the ballot!

       1. The problem is that Mt. Rushmore is reversed – the shadows are white in the logo – makes the presidents look creepy and gross. The image should have been outlined in white (or on a white background) with the darker red as the shadows.

          As it stands, it’s patently awful.

18. Impressive endorsement list. If I were the other candidates, this would bother me. I would be unveiling a State’s Attorney list soon, or a legislative endorsement list if I was Lance.

    I think the thing that is unknown yet about Ravnsborg is his legal ability. So far he’s proven to be the best campaigner and the most willing to work for it. That will get him a long ways. But in all seriousness, I would be interested in his experience in big criminal, civil, and constitutional cases. How many times has he argued in the SD Supreme Court? What about the Federal appeals courts? How many actual jury trials has he had? Has he done a death penalty case? Where does he stand on that issue?

    And to be fair, these questions should apply to all the candidates. I pose them to Ravnsborg since he is the main topic of this post… and frankly, because we know pretty well the experience of the other three candidates. What I know about Ravnsborg is very little, other than he appears to be willing to work harder than the other guys.

    1. He does not have a real job. Think about it, a lawyer actively representing clients would not have this much time to devote to campaigning. He’s a fraud.

       1. And you know this how? Are you familiar with Jason’s clients and have you confirmed with them that he doesn’t do any work for them? He is a lawyer and in the National Guard; He probably didn’t have a lot of time to work for his legal clients when he was overseas on one of his tours helping to keep America safe, but that is only to be expected.

          Next time, try to post something intelligent and back it up with actual knowledge, you fraud.

       2. Mr. Anonymous, do you know Ravnsborg personally and everything he does every minute of the day, doubtful? Your comment is based on lies and no hard evidence which makes it a fraudulent statement.
          It sounds like you are either a hater of Ravnsborg or one that supports another candidate and jealous of all the law enforcement support he has earned.

          1. Pat, I don’t think Anon 9:42 has a post based on anything, not even lies. It is just something to throw out there to try to score some point or other. I do know Jason personally, and he is a good guy and a good attorney. I think the haters need to try to do some homework and see if they can get Christopher Steele to throw together a dossier with a bunch of made up crap.

             1. It’s called projecting. Projecting garbage; whatever goes against truth and a white man. It’s not based on facts or even an educated observation. It’s the communist way or better yet, the Leftists’ way.

19. How many of us have seen him leave an event in all parts of the state so that he can go to court the next day? We have offered to let him stay with us, he is polite but says with all the things he has going on he has to go back to be in court or meet a client.

    He is simply out working them. I find it ironic that they are using the oldest trick int he book, use his strengths against him. He is hard working and successful in everything he has done in life it appears, but somehow he is not qualified. Barbara Streisand, like Rush says!

    Jason if the kind of candidate we should all support; decorated military veteran, attorney, tireless campaigner, pleasant and carrying buckets of water for the elephant.

    He has my enthusiastic support.

    1. 11:10, I agree with you that Jason so far has shown himself to be the best campaigner, but I disagree with you that he is the “kind of candidate we should all support” because we don’t know much about his law practice qualifications.

       9:22 had the best and most important post:

       “I think the thing that is unknown yet about Ravnsborg is his legal ability. So far he’s proven to be the best campaigner and the most willing to work for it. That will get him a long ways. But in all seriousness, I would be interested in his experience in big criminal, civil, and constitutional cases. How many times has he argued in the SD Supreme Court? What about the Federal appeals courts? How many actual jury trials has he had? Has he done a death penalty case? Where does he stand on that issue?”

       I agree Jason is a hellva good guy, but I don’t want an AG that’s JUST a good guy. I want to know about his experience. Other candidates too.

20. How much law enforcement support do the other candidates have?

21. It seems they really are not endorsing him and he published their names anyway.

    1. Have you seen the signed endorsement sheet from each sheriff listed above? I have, all of them are included with the press release. It pretty clearly says that the person signing the endorsement sheet endorses Jason Ravnsborg for Attorney General. So how are they not endorsing him?

    2. The release was accompanied with signed endorsement letters. I just didn’t include with the post for brevity. – editor PP

22. This morning, I sent the campaign an email regarding these endorsements. I received a wonderful note and an attachment with 40 sheets of personally signed endorsements. It appears to me that Jason physically received each and every signature. Impressive!

23. 2:42, I don’t give a squat about endorsements.

    Impress me with Jason’s experience with criminal cases, civil, and constitutional cases.

    Impress me with Jason’s experience arguing before the SD Supreme Court.

    Impress me with Jason’s experience before the Federal appeals court.

    Impress me with his skills and experiences as a prosecutor.

    Why should Jason be our next AG?

    1. Ravnsborg actually works. He’s tireless. Guys like Sattgast keep going back to the trough for a career.

       Ravnsborg is a hard worker.

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