A couple more campaign announcements have popped up and come to my attention in the last few days.
- In District 3, State Representative Brandei Schaefbauer has sent out an announcement that she is planning on seeking re-election to the House in District 3 (As per Hub City Radio). They also conducted an interview with her following the announcement.
- Via Rumble (YouTube for people who think Youtube is a plot).. Penny BayBridge, who came in 4th in the 2022 District 13 House Primary with 9.6% and trailed the #3 candidate by 700 votes, is going to attempt to run again as per an announcement she made at a SD Canvassing Rally on 10/19 (about 2 Hours & 3 minutes in). Maybe she can break 10% this time.
- And in a blast from the past, former State Representative Patricia (Stricherz) Shiery formed a committee yesterday to run for District 8 State Senate. Shiery, under her former married name Stricherz served in the House from 2011 – 2012. And she was just a peach. One former House speaker told me the story where she had demanded to know what the state spent heating the Capitol Lake. Since then, she has denied the tale, but that’s how the story was related to me. (BTW, Capitol Lake is a naturally warm body of water heated by underground artesian wells. Taxpayers don’t pay to keep it warm.). Since then, she ran unsuccessfully in District 30 in the 2018 Republican Senate Primary (coming in 3rd with 12.7%), before moving back to the Madison area.
Well. Never let it be said elections in South Dakota are boring.
Was Brandei included with this duo because that’s who she aligns with or was it random?
It was random.
Is 8 Crabtree? I thought Youngberg was running. So we will have a 3 way?
8 is Crabtree. Youngberg is now 25.
Many years ago, during a July 4 parade line-up in Ramona, Patty told me she voted with the Democrats so often, they were urging her to switch parties, but she had refused because she was born and raised to be a Republican.
If she is the Ripple-Up crowd’s answer to Casey Crabtree, I’m bringin’ the popcorn to that show.
The interesting case is District 15. Republicans redistricted it to make it republican. I expected a raft of strong candidates there with lots of money behind them. It’s a joke so far