Post-primary, I’ve updated my 2022 Candidate list (subject to changes, and the conventions), which you can find here, running down who actually has a race this fall, as there were a lot of races decided this week in the primary. In case you’re wondering what we have coming up this fall in the legislative arena, […]
If we can sense last night was about anything’s races, it was that voters were not in the mood to upset the applecart. John Thune, Dusty Johnson, and Kristi Noem.. all re-elected with authority. If you look at those who were already in their position, the losses were Kaleb Weis, Richard Thomason, Richard Vasgaard, and […]
As I’m sitting here still wishing I could shake this cold. Primary election day is finally upon us! After 7pm tonight, it’s actually over! No more postcards, text messages, facebook ads, etcetera. At least until the Republican Convention. So – what are your predictions tonight? Who are the winners and losers? In case you needed […]
Petitioning is closed, and here’s what’s in so far. We will see more coming, as stragglers show up in the mail. I’ve got 22 Republican and 1 Democrat Primary for the House… House of Representatives District Race Name Party District 01 State Representative Jennifer Healy Keintz DEM District 01 State Representative Steven D. McCleerey DEM […]
Looking a little busy for the Primary season… and we still have a couple of days to go. 1 more day in person, and then waiting for the stragglers coming in via mail: Race Name Party District State Senator Susan Wismer DEM District 01 State Senator Joe Donnell REP District 01 State Senator Michael H. […]
Huge post here as the state legislative races have largely shaped up.. but could be subject to some shifting and jostling as we found out in Brookings yesterday with the withdrawal of VJ Smith and entrance of Tim Reed into the D7 State Senate race. Make no mistake, there are changes coming and some shifting […]
DANG! Is that District 12 House Race shaping up to be a donnybrook, or what? And incumbent State Representative Greg Jamison has yet to drop his name into the fishbowl for this Sioux Falls Legislative version of the Hunger Games. I’m not sure the primary will get any bigger but I anticipate there will be one […]
A couple of new candidates came in from under the radar today that no one had heard much about until now. First is Republican Mary Beth Weinheimer, who filed the campaign finance forms for House campaign committee in District 24. Her entrance into the race would trigger a new primary in District 24 House (there’s […]
This new campaign filing this afternoon piqued my interest, as I hadn’t heard about her entering the race. State Farm Insurance Agent Amber Arlint has filed paperwork to form a campaign committee to run in District 12, further expanding the primary between State Rep. Greg Jamison, Gary Schuster, and Cole Heisey. I had one local […]
Governor Noem Announces First Round of South Dakota Legislators Endorsing Her Re-Election Pierre, SD – Today, Governor Noem’s campaign released the first round of legislators to endorse her re-election for Governor. The list includes 58 members of the South Dakota House and Senate.Governor Noem stated the following in making this announcement: “ Lieutenant Governor Rhoden […]