Christopher Vondracek with forum news has an article out tonight noting that Democrats are convinced they’ll have a candidate for Governor by the end of the summer:
But party members said that while Sutton would immediately be the front-runner in a potential Democratic primary to challenge Noem, there are also other candidates who will, especially in lieu of a Sutton candidacy, announce by summer’s end.
and..
He told FNS he and his family are “evaluating what my next move will be.”
“We’ll be making a decision fairly soon,” added Heinert.
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State Rep. Peri Pourier, a Pine Ridge Democrat, told FNS she had “no comment on the gubernatorial candidates,” though multiple party officials mentioned her as a possible candidate.
BTW, I notice that the troyheinert.com and heinertforgovernor.com web domains are both off the market.
Interesting.
We shall see….