The word tonight is that Democrat State Senator Angie Buhl O’Donnell is officially entering her lame duck legislative session this next month, and will NOT be returning to the State Senate.
In her place, Democrat State Rep Patrick Kirschman is apparently telling people that he’s going to be running for the vacated seat.
For District Democrats, this would be a marked change in representation in that chamber, as during her entire tenure, Angie Buhl has been rabidly pro-choice, and Kirschman has received high marks from the pro-life community, rankied at 100% by South Dakota Right to Life for the 2013-2014 sessions at a time Buhl was ranked at 0%.
That’s all assuming a challenger doesn’t emerge.
in 2014, Kirschman was nearly taken out of contention by independent candidate Eric Leggett, who only came up short by about 150 votes in his first run for public office.
Who knows. That could be a seat way up in the air come November 2016.
I have worked with Eric Leggett and he is a very Conservative family man, serious about doing what’s right for South Dakota without needing his name up on the Marquee.
RUN ERIC RUN!
second thought—looks like the pro-life side won a big victory tonight!
Looks like Steve Sibson is open to run on the Democrat ticket for State Senate District 20. He will be a big asset to the Democrat Party. Steve represents the working poor and working class. He will stand up to the big money special interests and represent the taxpayers instead.
Is Steve open to legalizing marijuana? If so, the SDDP I’m sure would love to have him on board.
I just saw the comment. I didn’t take it that way.
But Steve is mistaken if he’s waiting for someone with the party to ask him to run.
While the SDDP raids nursing homes for candidates, the GOP generally doesn’t go ask people. If Republicans want to run, great! They should run, and I would encourage Steve to do so.