Here are the candidates to date, plus primaries.

33 thoughts on “Here are the candidates to date, plus primaries.”

1. Also, with the new rules which allow smaller parties to nominate legislative candidates at convention, there will likely be some additions from the L’s and C’s.

   1. Gideon, why bother?…no one votes for them and no one cares. They never frame any issues and no one takes them seriously. The ONLY time they get any votes is when one of the major parties doesn’t run a candidate.

      1. Why bother? Well, I can only speak for myself, but I believe that principle should always come before politics. I believe that concept gets lost when people are more concerned with victory than doing the right thing.

         As for “not framing issues”, I guess when you are truly the party of small government and individual freedom, you tend to paint with broad strokes. Liberty is simple and beautiful, and when you subscribe to it, you don’t get bogged down in the minutiae which inevitably leads to bureaucratic bloat from both parties, and a “program” for every problem. (Not to mention a $21,053,374,000,000 debt… Oops! Just added another $5 million while I was typing out my thoughts).

         So why bother? Because it’s the right thing to do.

         P.S., feel free to contact me anytime if you need clarification on *this* Libertarian’s issue frames. 🙂

         1. Intriguing but

            How many libertarians are there in SD?

            Have they ever won a race for the legislature or statewide office?

         2. usually their candidates are way way out there in the fringe lala land.

            1. yeah but remember Senator Thune lost by 524 votes to Tim Johnson while Kurt Evans got like 2000 votes by being on the ballot

         3. Gideon, Serious question here—when is the Libertarian convention? and do you know of any candidates for any offices? Thank you

2. Did Lance Russell drop out of the AG race? Did I miss that announcement?

   He can’t run for AG and state senate at the same time.

   1. This is also very interesting. If he wins the Primary and goes to the convention as an actual Candidate for AG there will be some problems. This id different the Ms hubbels fiasco becuase he will be a voted upon candidate at the state convention. If he even receives one vote, from my reading of the rules in the law it would technically make him ineligible.

      1. I think there are problems now….

         How is it fair to the voters….seems to be just another career politician trying to stay in an office first.

         1. I believe South Dakota law only allows a persons name to be on the ballot once if running for elected office (not precinct position). Since Russell won’t be on the primary ballot for AG I thinks he’s ok here legally. Might hurt him though politically. If he wins the nomination at Convention he would have to withdraw from the State Senate race.

            1. I disagree…he has to pick

         2. I agree, I don’t see this is fair at all. Why doesn’t everyone just run for multiple officers hoping to get elected to one. Seems to me he is throwing mud at the wall and hoping for something to stick. The right think for him to do is drop out of one of the races and focus. I don’t want someone playing the system for his on political gains.

   2. Can can seek the AG nomination at the June convention and, if he gets it, assuming he has also won the Senate primary, he would have until August to withdraw from the Senate election and a replacement would be nominated by the county party organizations.

      He cannot appear on the November ballot as a candidate for both offices.

      1. I don’t think that is the law…it seems clear that he cannot do it

         No person may be a candidate for nomination or election to more than one public office except for the office of President of the United States or vice president of the United States. However, a candidate for any such office is not prohibited from being elected to any one or more party offices as may be provided in chapter 12-5.

         He is a candidate for nomination for state senate AND AG at the moment…how does he get around that?

         1. Seems clear to me also….a “candidate for nomination OR election”

            He is clearly a candidate for nomination in both races right now.

            An AG that violates the law…nice touch

            1. I agree John, do we want a candidate for the top law office in the state already willing to violate the law?

3. Thanks for the chart. Great overview.

4. Question – why do you split the state House races within each district? Aren’t the House races “vote for the preferred two” regardless of how many candidates are on the ballot for the district (single party in primaries; all parties in general election)?

   1. My observation was it was a chart issue….2 slots for each house district…Pat can tell us otherwise but my speculation

   2. “Otherwise, House candidates are not assigned to a specific house seat within their district, and are only split to two lines for the sake of laying out my chart in a legible manner.”

      1. My apologies, Pat – I skimmed right by the usage instructions you posted!

5. Hey, I think Roxanne Weber is in the wrong column in D24. Of course, that’s not your problem — it’s her con job to try to scheme the voters.

   1. she is a new wave Republican representing her generation.

6. districts 2 & 3 will be interesting races to watch.

   1. Yeah 3 democrats in Dist 3…Rommerick, Briscoe and Dennert

      Just vote for the one republican Carl Perry

7. According to the Secretary of State office, a person seeking nomination for AG can still run as an incumbent in either the House or Senate. If nominated, they would have to withdraw their petition for either the House or Senate.

   1. funny since the state supreme court doesn’t agree with that

      1. I think a separate posting is warranted on weather a person can or can not run for two offices as once, sounds like there is some inconsistencies. We all know its a dirt bag thing to do politically by running for two offices and trying to hedge your bet.

8. Pat, I find it odd that you put my formal name first and the name I go by, Toni, in quotation marks. Why do you not do that with the other candidates? I can’t imagine that, Dan, Tim, Sam, John, Jeff, Liz, Bob,Deb, Mike, Jim, Jack, Sue, don’t have formal names also. The name of my campaign is Toni Miller for Representative, so I was just curious. Thanks!

   1. Looks like Pat did the same thing for 26a Troy “Luke” Lunderman

      seems consistent to me….seems like an odd complaint

   2. Because I had it in my list with your full name which is used in the voter database, prior to filing. When you filed, I added the shortened version you used in your petitions. That transferred over when I posted the list from the excel list I had on my computer. Depends on what source I gathered information from first.

      1. Thanks for the clarification, I appreciate it. Going forward, refer to me as Toni.

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