As you may have noticed, Governor Noem has been active in supporting Republicans in various legislative races, including doing this card for Representative Mary Fitzgerald in District 31:

Ryan Zinke, former congressman and President Trump’s secretary of the interior, tonight issued this video endorsing congressman Dusty Johnson for re-election.

I think Spencer Gosch needs more jump cuts and louder music in his video. Kind of hard to watch..

Governor Kristi Noem gets right to the point in this postcard for Tim Goodwin for State Senate: “I need you to vote for Tim Goodwin. District 30 deserves a Senator who shows up prepared to make South Dakota a better place.”

Well, what are you waiting for? Get out there and vote for Goodwin.

I couldn’t help but giggle a little when I saw this in my mailbox.

A letter in a pink envelope addressed to my wife, allegedly from Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Haugaard’s wife.  Despite the fact it’s coming from the campaign.

Of course it is. And adding to the awfulness, it was in blue text on matching pink paper:

Awful Mary Haugaard letter by Pat Powers on Scribd

And the coup de grâce? It had a recipe card enclosed, right after you read about how “Steve was voted into leadership by his peers based upon their confidence in him, not by paying them off.”  I’m not sure who in their right mind would suggest this to the candidate.  It comes off as a new level of patronizing, which isn’t necessarily a good thing for a candidate who has already been accused of misogyny.

At this point in time, really, why does my wife need or remotely want to hear from Mary Haugaard?  If she gets a pink letter, does that mean I’ll get a blue one from Steve for the boys?

I’m quite sure Dr. Powers is quite capable of making a judgement about Steve Haugaard based on his positions and policy statements, as opposed to getting an awful campaign letter claiming to be from his wife.

Remember.. it’s almost over.

Gov. Noem Promises to Defend Girls’ Sports, Sue Biden Administration

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem promised to defend fairness in girls’ sports from an attack by the Biden Administration. The Biden U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is threatening funding for the federal school lunch program and other Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars if schools and other entities do not adopt a false interpretation of Title IX.

“President Biden is holding lunch money for poor Americans hostage in pursuit of his radical agenda. He is insisting that we allow biological males to compete in girls’ sports or else lose funding for SNAP and school lunch programs,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “South Dakota will continue to defend basic fairness so that our girls can compete and achieve. I would remind President Biden that we have defeated him in litigation before and are ready to do so again. Mr. President, we’ll see you in court.”

Earlier this year, Governor Noem signed the strongest legislation in the country to protect fairness in women’s sports.

Governor Noem previously promised, “[President Biden] see you in court” over the OSHA vaccine mandate, which the United States Supreme Court struck down this past January.

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From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, March 17, 1922, the prohibitionist faction of Governor McMaster was all fired up because his opponent George Egan was leaning a little towards loosening those bootlegging laws.

Nothing we didn’t already know, but Taffy Howard’s record as legislator continues to be pointed out..

From today’s $hopping Guide covering rural Minnehaha County, it looks like there’s a lot of confusing information out there about Tom Pischke:

(Aside from the fact there is no disclaimer in violation of state law) the shopper paper ad says elect him to State Senate.. but the sample ballot says elect him to State Representative?

There’s also that family values statement, but that’s an argument for the campaign trail.

 

Here’s a good example of why you shouldn’t claim things that aren’t true.

Pennington County Sheriff Candidate Ryan Mechaley was told time and again by Rapid City Councilman Pat Jones that he isn’t endorsing anyone in the race for Sheriff. But it sounds like Mechaley’s campaign manager, Jordan Mason, went and included it on a postcard mailing anyway. And now we get to read about it in the Rapid City Journal:

It was never my intention to endorse any candidate during this election cycle; yet, somehow my picture and erroneous information began circulating on the Mechaley website. So, last January I contacted Mr. Mechaley, requesting to correct the information and I was told he would do so.

and..

I contacted Mr. Mechaley immediately and told him I never gave permission to use my name or photo. He apologized and told me he did not know my photo was going to be on the mailer and he would contact his campaign manager, Jordan Mason, to ensure it would not happen again. I appreciated his assurances and took him at his word. To be fair and transparent, I also contacted the other candidate for sheriff Mr. Brian Mueller to explain the situation.

and..

Despite my numerous attempts to privately resolve this matter, this past weekend Mr. Mechaley’s campaign manager informed me a new mailer with my picture and endorsement would be circulating before election day and there was nothing to stop the process.

Read that here.

There’s nothing they could do to stop the process? Well, that’s doubtful, especially since Mechaley has known about it for the past six months. Nevermind that if it’s from the candidate himself, they could have told the mail house to stop it. Pretty easy to do so.

Unless it is their intention to deceive.

Which isn’t a very good quality to have in a Sheriff.

Update. That’s a timely article, as here is the card that they claimed they couldn’t stop.