Anyone hear anything about Dusty Johnson’s Democrat challenger for Congress?
Me neither.
While there had been some earlier chatter about Democrat Remi Bald Eagle possibly giving it a go, no campaign committee seems to have materialized.
Neither have any petitions started circulating that I’ve heard about.
What seems to be shaping up, is that Democrats stand more than a good chance of giving Dusty Johnson a second pass in challenging him for the state’s lone Congressional seat.
I don’t know if there’s ever been a time in the state’s history where Democrats have abandoned one of the top 4 seats for two elections in a row. Sure, they skip the lower tier Constitutional offices all the time. But Congress? It’s remarkable that they skip at all, much less two in a row.
Sure, anyone good is reluctant to take on Thune, but they came up with Jay Williams and Brian Bengs (if he makes the ballot). They wouldn’t dare skip the Governor’s race. But now they seem poised ready to throw their hands up in a second election against Dusty Johnson.
Now, I wouldn’t be shocked for a libertarian to throw their hat in the ring to run, since all they have to do is get talked into it at their convention. But they’re libertarians, not one of the two major political parties.
Clearly, Democrats have fallen pretty hard and fast from the days when Tim Johnson or Stephanie Herseth Sandlin won and held on to the Congressional seat.
And with it looking like they’re going to bag out from the Congressional race for two in a row, they’re still falling.
Way to go Randy Seiler… continuing the great leadership!!
Dems are bailing on Bengs too. The carpet-bagger thing has them spooked.
Gonna be a wave year for GOP in the house
Dusty is popular across the aisle, he’s a good leader. No need to force a candidate to replace him. Find a good candidate for the governor and our local state legislators, those are the ones that need replacing.
Mr. Bengs has realized his potential supporters were all scared away by the insaner than most out of state name caller blog One out of state name caller who lives in Colorado is now boasting that he will never take off his COVID bug mask. He will wear it to bed. He will wear it in the shower. He will wear it while he eats. He will wear it while toking. How? Who knows!
Being a liberal in the Dakota to the South is bad for their health.
Ya….the burger flipping moron is true blue sheep who has almost as large of an ego as his hero Herr Joseph Heidelberger.
Wheres Jay Williams?
“And with it looking like they’re going to bag out from the Congressional race for two in a row, they’re still falling.”
That is music to my ears!!!
Word on the street among the remaining Dems in SD that they will lose even more ground in 2022. How long before they are reduced to minor party status in South Dakota? They realize they made huge mistakes in their strategy in 2020. They gambled big and lost big.
Can you say Cory Heidelberger? But then he jumped ship less than a year ago.