Author: @SoDakCampaigns

District 2 House Candidate Jake Schoenbeck is hosting a “pints and petitions” event to have people come together and sign his petition for office, while enjoying some fellowship of craft brews.

Join me at A Homestead Brew (Brewery in the Southeast corner of Minnehaha) this Saturday from 4-8pm. I’ll be there with my petition for District 2 House of Representatives. https://t.co/rG6gVDG8VU

— Jake Schoenbeck (@JakeSchoenbeck) January 5, 2022

From the Facebook Post:

I love politics and I love craft beer so I thought I might as well combine them! Join me at A Homestead Brew (Brewery in the Southeast corner of Minnehaha) this Saturday from 4-8pm. I’ll be there with my petition for District 2 House of Representatives. While you’re there, I encourage you try one of the many great beers at Homestead, including one that is being released that same day!

Note: To sign my petition you need to be Republican in District 2 (Brandon, East of Veteran’s Highway and North of 57th in Sioux Falls, and Valley Springs). If you’re not, I would still enjoy your company and Lee at Homestead would love your patronage!

Check it out!

Thune: Democrats Want to Change the Rules in the Middle of the Game to Pass Radical Policies

“Removing the filibuster would erase this protection and allow the majority – including an incredibly narrow or merely technical majority, as Democrats have now – to trample minority rights.”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the Democrats’ latest threat to abolish the legislative filibuster. Thune noted that abolishing the filibuster would fundamentally change the character of the Senate and remove one of the most significant protections of minority party rights in our system of government.

Just my opinion, but I think Mark Mowry had better get out of the US Senate race before he puts himself in the poor house. Because in the FEC report that was just filed, it appears his campaign is just bleeding cash.

Mowry End of Year FEC 2021 by Pat Powers on Scribd

During the latest 3 month period, Mowry raised $5090, but spent $16,297.73, leaving himself $1694.43 in change. At least, leaving himself that after getting loans during the period of $11,000, bringing his total of loans to $15k

Mowry did spent 5k on a Trey Taylor in Colorado for a fundraiser, which seems a lot for a campaign which ONLY RAISED $5090 this quarter.

Conventional wisdom would dictate that if you’re only able to raise $5k, and you’re spending over $16k, and it’s not yet the actual year of the election, you probably want to stop now while you still have a home to hang your hat.

Because this US Senate Campaign is not going in anything resembling the right direction.

And the candidates keep on coming.  Campaign committees were filed today for 2 more new candidates for office.

First is David Kull from Brandon, who is the third candidate in the increasingly crowded District 2 GOP House race which should now officially have a primary:

I believe Kull is/was a City Council member for Brandon, and is a registered Republican.

And farther west, Republican Dean Aurand is entering the race for District 33 House, which has one incumbent legislator, Rep. Phil Jensen, and an open seat:

That list of new candidates is quickly getting longer!

Uh oh.

If you recall from earlier this year, when former and current gubernatorial candidate Lora Hubbel was equating mask wearing with satanic rituals and was a “freedom speaker” at the 9/18 anti-vaxxer rally, I’m wondering is there’s any second guessing going on about now.

 

If a person is sick with symptoms that involve respiratory distress, if it were me, I would go see a physician. Or at least go to Walgreens and get a $24 COVID test and figure out what you’re sick with, before anything turns serious.

And that does not include quackish facebook cures such as sheep dewormer, as some have done.

Compared to last week, we’re up about 20 in the hospital, and up a few on ventilators, while ICU patients are down by about 7.  But important to note that as has always been the case, most of the people who are getting so sick they have to go in the hospital are all unvaccinated.

I went in and got my booster yesterday myself, and feel like garbage today. But, it’s far better than being sick as a dog.

Just had this new candidate pointed out to me:

According to Facebook John Sjaarda intends to run for D2 House, where Jake Schoenbeck is the only other announced candidate at the moment.

Word is that this could be a big House primary with up to 5-6 people in it if rumors hold true.

This one is hot off the press this afternoon, as Rick Rylance of Aberdeen, former Executive VP of Dacotah Bank has filed paperwork to form a Campaign Committee for a run for District 3 House.

Rylance, a registered Republican, would potentially be in a 3-way primary race against current Representatives Drew Dennert and Carl Perry for the two House seats if they file as expected to run for another term.

We’ll continue to monitor candidate filings as they continue coming in for what’s already shaping up to be a very active primary campaign season.

Stay tuned for more.

Thune: Democrats Receive “F” on 2021 Report Card

“Despite massive inflation, Democrats spent the second half of 2021 trying to double down on the reckless spending strategy that helped cause so much inflation in the first place.”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today honored the life of former Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), who passed away last month. Thune also discussed the many Democrat-led crises that unfolded in 2021 and noted that Democrats should permanently abandon their reckless tax-and-spending spree and instead focus on inflation and the border crisis and commit to bipartisan solutions for the American people.

I’d heard rumors of this new candidate coming. In a filing today, former Pierre City Councilor Jim Mehlhaff has filed paperwork to form a committee to run for District 24 State Senate, a seat currently held by State Senator Mary Duvall.

Former State Senator Jeff Monroe is serving as Mehlhaff’s treasurer according to the filing.

An announcement was made this AM via KCCR Radio, where Mehlhaff cites wanting “to cut down on what he calls the “outsourcing” of state jobs from Pierre” and wanting “to return liberty and moral authority to the family unit” as some of his reasons for running.