** Last Chance to sign up for tomorrow’s campaign school **
If your schedule has freed up enough to allow attendance, you can still sign up for the South Dakota Republican Party’s Campaign School put on by the Leadership Institute in Sioux Falls on Saturday, November 20th, 2021 from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at the Military Heritage Alliance, 1600 W Russell Street.
Ideal attendees for the workshop are Republican party members who are looking to become more politically active, including candidates and campaign staff. Curriculum will include forming a campaign plan, running an effective communications strategy and fundraising to achieve victory.”
You can sign up for the Candidate Workshop here, and the cost for the workshop is $20 which includes lunch.
To those of you concerned about the state and course of our democracy: Think twice about signing up for the GOP candidates’ school. I know that it’s easier; that you will always be a member of the in crowd, that they promise you power and influence, but think about what they don’t tell you:
They won’t tell you about the arm-twisting caucuses during the legislative session, when they threaten you with a primary or a loss of campaign financing, which will seem significant, if you don’t vote their way. Doesn’t matter if it’s choice or crazy 2nd amendment bills, or even crazier transgender discrimination bills, or holding the line on the budget by refusing to give caregivers a living wage, or our educators a little respect via respectable and competitive wages, you will be expected to toe the party line for the privilege of membership in the ruling party.
Sooner or later, IF South Dakota is going to emerge from the deeps, some of you are going to have to have the guts to choose to run as a Democrat, no matter what the background noise is. Do you understand what is at risk? Do you have the courage to respond?
Susan, I think you’re on the wrong site to recruit candidates for the democrats.