Former legislator & GOP National Committeeman Ried Holien announced in the Watertown Public Opinion newspaper recently that he’s going to be a candidate again, this time running for city office:
Former S.D. State Senator Ried Holien of Watertown is hoping to get back into government, this time on the city level.
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Holien chose not to run for re-election after his two terms in the State Senate, but now he wants to get back into government.
“I do want to get back into it,” he said, “but I didn’t want to leave my family again to go to Pierre. If I get on the council, I can be involved helping to move Watertown forward without having to leave.”