Jason for South Dakota, the Campaign Committee for Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has filed their campaign finance report this afternoon:
Ravnsborg Campaign Finance Report by Pat Powers on Scribd
The committee reports that in 2021, Ravnsborg stepped back from campaigning, and only raised $1025, spending $14,998, yet still leaving him with $54,844 cash on hand to campaign in 2022.
*Insert spit take here*
I about fell out of my chair this afternoon. After 44 days of seemingly being frozen in place, it appears that the Steve Haugaard for Governor campaign actually did something that could be construed to be campaign activity.
In the Argus yesterday, Governor Noem took a hard shot at Haugaard for “misogyny for delaying anti-transgender sports bill,” and…
The Noem campaign specifically noted allegations levied against Haugaard during his time as House Speaker, including an instance when he attempted to restrict access to the House floor by a lobbyist who’d publicly disparaged House conservatives. Desilets statement also brought attention to media reports in 2019 that alleged Haugaard attempted to impose a dress code for female legislators.
Haugaard, however, vehemently denies the latter ever happened.
And in further response to the allegations, Team Haugaard woke from a month and a half of their apparent hibernation, and issued a press statement:
Steve Haugaard responds to the attack against his character that was issued today from Kristi Noem’s campaign team.
“There she goes again. Our gaslighter-in-chief, in a fit of textbook projection, is accusing me of holding up the girls’ sports bill currently being debated in the state legislature,” Haugaard said. “The truth is, as everyone knows, that she is the one who vetoed a better bill than this last year. She’s the one who left our daughters unprotected for the past year.”
“Last April, Tucker Carlson effectively ended Kristi Noem’s presidential aspirations when he called attention to the fact that she was not being truthful about the fact that she vetoed a bill that would have protected girls’ sports in South Dakota. She knows she made a huge mistake with that veto, when she caved to her corporate donors, siding with them against the people who voted for her. She’s desperate to fix that mistake.”
“Governor Noem has a history of having trouble telling the truth. In accusing me of having an ‘anti-women agenda,’ and blocking this bill, she is projecting, deflecting, and ultimately, lying. Moreover, she’s using the same tired rhetoric that Hillary Clinton used to smear Donald Trump.”
“We in the legislature are trying to make sure a good bill gets passed, just like it got passed last year. Hopefully, this time, she’ll actually sign it.”
Steve Haugaard is the state representative for House District 10 and former Speaker of the House. He is running to replace Kristi Noem as governor of the great state of South Dakota. More about Steve can be found at his website, www.stevehaugaard.com.
The Haugaard campaign posted the statement, trying to deflect impressions that some have regarding Haugaard’s tenure as speaker. Such as the time he went after Municipal League Lobbyist Yvonne Taylor, and the other time when it’s said he was requiring women to have sleeves, nylons, and skirts of a certain length.
Is this the start of regular campaign activity on the part of the Haugaard campaign? Will the campaign be emerging from its burrow on this day? Or will it go back into hibernation for 6 more weeks because it saw its shadow?
Stay tuned.
Republican Patrick Baumann to run for District 30 House of Representatives
Our State Motto, “Under God, the people rule”, is the foundation of our South Dakota heritage. With that in mind, my wife and I traveled to Washington DC to pray for our nation on January 6, 2021. We witnessed something that the major networks refuse to cover, a great awakening. Standing shoulder to shoulder with an estimated million other concerned Americans, we joined in a resolve to take a stand for truth and freedom. Today, this great awakening is spreading across our nation like a bright light for all to see. Millions are now pushing back at the darkness that is creeping into our government.
Hello, I’m Pat Baumann and I’m honored to announce my Republican candidacy for the South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30.
I am not a career politician but, a Christian patriot who has been called to stand up for the freedoms guaranteed by our state and national constitutions. South Dakotans have found themselves in a political climate that is chipping away at their personal, business and family rights. We are seeing attempts by government to stop worship, restrict speech and limit assembly. Unconstitutional laws are being proposed which would take over our state election processes, tell parents how to raise their children and determine which businesses should stand or fall. I have been called to push back at any attempts of government overreach and to protect the rights of all South Dakotans, especially the unborn.
South Dakota is one of the leading states in our nation. However, we must not be lulled into a false sense of security. My wife, Ginger, and I have enjoyed the blessing of freedom all of our lives. We stand firm to pass this blessing on to our wonderful family, our children, our grandchildren and beyond. As Ronald Reagan so aptly put it, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We don’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well fought lessons of how they, in their lifetime, must do the same.”
I’m a retired, third generation Custer County resident. After spending all of my life living in South Dakota and Wyoming, I’ve come to hold our South Dakota heritage and our values very dear. I pledge to District 30, and to all South Dakotans, to actively carry the bright light of freedom into our state legislature and to uphold our constitution. I also pledge to act in the best interest of South Dakotans, who are “the people” that rule our great state, under God.
Please feel free to contact me at baumannsdhouse@gmail.com or visit baumannsdhouse.org
Financial support is much appreciated: Visit winred.com – then click State House, South Dakota, Baumann for SD House.
Campaign finance forms are in for the Ripple Effect group that formed this last year to recruit candidates and was said to be trying to take over the GOP. And God help us if they ever end up in charge, because unfortunately for them, they don’t seem to be ending 2021 very strongly:
Ripple Effect Disclosure by Pat Powers on Scribd
The group which has been attempting to recruit candidates raised a little from it’s founders Adam Broin and Dave Roetman. But after their anti-vax rally in Pierre during the special session, they find themselves coming into 2022 with about $600 in their pocket ($606.44 to be exact).
Not exactly the stuff of a political revolution.
Historic fundraising: Governor Noem announces over $11.8 million raised cycle-to-date heading into her re-election year
Governor Noem reported $8.5 million raised across all committees in the most recent reporting period
PRESS RELEASE
JANUARY 28, 2022
Pierre, SD – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that her campaign raised over $11.8 million cycle-to-date across all committees. This total includes over $8.5 million raised across all committees in the 2021 Year-End Reports. Governor Noem has over $7.3 million cash on hand across all committees.
The total amount raised and cash on hand is the largest ever by any South Dakota gubernatorial candidate, incumbent or challenger, heading into an election year.
“I’m humbled and grateful by the support that Lt. Governor Rhoden and I have gotten for our re-election campaign. We’ll continue to work hard for the people of South Dakota and campaign hard over the next ten months to earn their trust for another four years,” Governor Noem said.
The year-end filings from the competing candidates for the office of School & Lands show not entirely dissimilar fundraising results from both candidates. Both put in seed money in the form of personal loans, raised a little, and had front end expenses for their campaigns.
Here are the filings for your own review. First Greenfield:
Greenfield Campaign Disclosure by Pat Powers on Scribd
Brock started with $11,526.41, and added $3,200.00, plus a $3,000 loan, and a $500 contribution. He spent $8,182.55, and ended with $10,047.41
and Youngberg:
Jordan Youngberg Disclosure by Pat Powers on Scribd
Jordan didn’t transfer any cash from his Senate account yet (sitting on $2,500 last I looked), raised $1,600 ($1,000 from himself) and loaned himself $6,358.73. Against that, he spent $6,358.73, leaving himself a balance of $1,600.
In these races, these aren’t huge amounts of money they’re dealing with, and neither has raised enough to be considered dominant, so I’m not sure how much difference it makes on the campaign trail, as their largest expenses are going to be gasoline until we get past knowing who the convention delegates are.
Marty Jackley seems pretty serious about wanting his former job back. Because he’s done a pretty good job of raising money over the course of the last year.
Marty Jackley for AG 2021 Filing by Pat Powers on Scribd
In a filing made yesterday/this morning, the Marty Jackley for Attorney General campaign reports that they raised $272,055.00, with $20,492.00 of expenses/contributions.
Lots of interesting people on the list, including former Attorneys General Mark Barnett & Larry Long, legislators including Arch Beal, Gary Cammack, and Mike Weisgram, and Sioux Falls City Councilors Greg Neitzert, Christine Erickson and Mayor Paul Ten Haken. Also donating to the Jackley campaign are two former first ladies, Pat Miller and Mary Dean Janklow.
Why Putting America First Matters to South Dakota
By Governor Kristi Noem
January 28, 2022
In his first hours in office just over one year ago, President Joe Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and delivered a severe blow to South Dakota families and American energy independence. A few months later, President Biden opened the door for the construction of a Russian pipeline, delivering a costly gift to a dangerous adversary.
Today, we are seeing the high price of both decisions—and what happens when leaders in Washington do not put the American people first.
In South Dakota, we are heavily dependent on energy: We need heat in our cold winters, air conditioning in our hot summers, and gasoline to fuel our long drives to just about anywhere we go. But President Biden ignored the energy needs of South Dakota—and of every American—when he stopped Keystone XL in its tracks to appease anti-energy extremists, on top of banning drilling on federal land.
It did not take long for Americans to feel the consequences of those actions. President Biden’s orders immediately terminated dozens of jobs in South Dakota—where the pipeline was being constructed—and destroyed the potential for thousands more. Small towns like Philip and Midland lost businesses at their hotels and gas stations—and lost potential property tax revenue that would have funded their budgets for decades. President Biden made it more expensive for every family across the country to fill their gas tanks and heat their homes. Then last year, as inflation skyrocketed due to Washington’s trillions of dollars in spending, the price of gasoline went up right along with it.
Facing a crisis of his own making, President Biden blamed oil companies and released 50 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve—a veritable drop in the bucket. To put that in context, Keystone XL was expected to carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada’s Western tar sands to Nebraska.
When I drive across South Dakota, I am reminded of other decisions that a president can make that have tragic consequences at home. I saw the impact of those decisions first-hand as a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Through our “Fallen Heroes Bridge Dedication” program, we honor our state’s sons and daughters in the military who died while serving in combat. Each time I drive across one of those bridges, I think of the 3,000 South Dakotans who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I think of the families they left behind. And I think of the men and women serving us today.
I thought of those brave soldiers when I read some troubling news this week. Russia has 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border and is threatening to invade. At the same time, China is increasing its aggression toward Taiwan. President Biden is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to Eastern European countries in response to Russia’s actions, and the State Department ordered Americans to leave Ukraine on Sunday. The world is on edge as tensions rise, along with the threat of war.
The construction of another pipeline figures prominently in this geopolitical crisis, and one of President Biden’s decisions is again front and center. In May of last year, he waived sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will deliver Russian natural gas to Germany. In doing so, he handed a massive amount of leverage to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Should the new pipeline be completed, Europe will grow more dependent on Russia for energy, Ukraine will be more vulnerable to Russian aggression, and the Russian government will add billions of dollars per year to its treasury.
A stronger, emboldened Russia threatens Europe, our allies, and America’s security. It is no wonder that President Donald Trump blocked this Russian pipeline and that Democrats and Republicans alike in Congress strongly opposed it as well. Together, they feared that Putin would leverage the pipeline to his own advantage and to America’s detriment. With Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine, we are seeing in real-time what a dangerous, emboldened Russia looks like. The consequences will be immeasurable. I pray that our leaders in Washington—including the president—recognize this threat and have the wisdom to protect our country, defend our freedom, and stand by our allies.
We know all too well what a fragile world we live in. In South Dakota, we are doing our part to build a brighter future and prepare for challenges ahead. We respect our armed forces and our veterans. In fact, our Army National Guard and Air Guard are both top-ranked units in the nation. We realize the consequences of leadership—the impact that our decisions have on the lives of the men and women who serve. I am proud to live in a state where wisdom like that is the rule, not the exception. We are setting an example for the nation. Let’s call on Washington to follow our lead, put America first, and uphold the values that make us the greatest nation on earth.
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Had a correspondent point out this item from facebook last night, courtesy of the Brookings County Democrat Party. The Brookings Dems are hosting a petition drive through event this weekend to get petition signatures for several city council candidates, as well as a petition to legalize recreational marijuana.
But there’s no mention of collecting petition signatures for the Democrat Party’s candidates for US Senate or Governor, Brian Bengs or Barry Hulse:
Democrats have no interest in seeing either of their only announced statewide candidates get on the ballot? No one carrying the Bengs banner, or handing out buttons saying “Vote for Hulse, he has a pulse?”
There are only 60 days until candidate petitions are due in at the Secretary of State’s office. At this rate, I wonder if either of those guys are going to make it.
Gov. Noem Announces Tax Cut Legislation
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced legislation to eliminate taxes and fees associated with starting or renewing a business and obtaining a concealed carry permit in South Dakota.
“South Dakota is already among the most business-friendly states in America. With this action, we will make it even easier to do business here,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “We also guarantee the right of our people to keep and bear arms. It will not cost you a penny to exercise your Second Amendment rights in South Dakota.”
The bill eliminates all fees associated with starting or renewing a domestic business with the Secretary of State in South Dakota. It also eliminates all fees for concealed carry permits in the state.
Governor Noem also proposed the elimination of the bingo tax, which the Department of Revenue introduced viaSenate Bill 37. This legislation has already passed the Senate with a unanimous vote. Governor Noem discussed her tax cut plans in her 2022 State of the State Address.
You can read Governor Noem’s tax cut legislation here.
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