We must be approaching the State Republican Convention, because the South Dakota Republican Party reported raising $20.
No, not $20,000. According to the FEC Report they filed today, detailing activity in their Federal account, they reportedly raised $20, and transferred $1150.17 over from the State Account.
Well, you can read it for yourself:
SDGOP June 2026 FEC Report by Pat Powers
I believe they are reporting $29,038.84 left in the federal kitty. Add that to the $$124,164.83 they claim in their state account, and maybe they can put on a convention.
We’ll see how this all goes.
Can we dispense with the notion that the state party is a thriving institution that has an interest in selecting its own candidates to support its brand in general elections? What is the argument for a closed partisan primary if the party doesn’t exist in any meaningful way? Maybe we should let independents weigh in to pick quality candidates if parties aren’t capable?
When thugs take over a big tent party, they expect to retain the powers of the party, and tell the partisans to shut up and take it. They don’t much like the notion of meddlers taking their power to pick candidates and watering it down with independents. Just a thought.
Simple. The delegates in no way shape or form speak for me when they nominate candidates. I have yet to hear from any precinct committee person and I’ve lived here for ten years and have voted in every single election. Delegates are in it for themselves and those who control the puppet strings. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Alll should be ousting the delegates. Oust! Oust! Oust! Insaner than most, nearly all of them.
Doesn’t it defeat the purpose of registering as Independent but then voting in a political parties primary?
The point is that the political party needs to be saved from itself. It has become so toxic that moderate/practical people don’t want to be part of it (and shouldn’t be forced to in order to meaningfully participate in elections). But because we only have one political party in the state, there is no competitive general election. So the primary is the only election, and the party that raises $20 a month is the institution selecting the candidates. It’s a race to the bottom.
If you want to allow Independents to vote in primaries or if you want to have nominations for statewide office selected in a primary rather than at convention, you’ll need to get them on the ballot so the people can decide. There is no way the party or the legislature are going to get those done for you.