354,670 of South Dakota’s 597,073 registered voters participated in this year’s general election, bringing statewide voter turnout to 59.40%. That’s about average for a midterm election…
Month: November 2022
When troublemakers bought billboards in July 2021 stating that more South Dakotans voted for marijuana than for Kristi Noem, I noted that the comparison is…
It’s not just Republicans in high places who are soft on Republican crimes. South Dakotans in general are soft on misconduct by high-falutin’ Republicans. Consider…
The day before the election, head of the insurrectionist Oath Keepers Stewart Rhoades testified in his defense against charges of seditious conspiracy that his militia…
Last month, Attorney General Mark Vargo issued draft explanations of two initiatives proposing to repeal South Dakota’s sales tax on food. The Attorney General’s drafts…
Nepotism, inattention to elected duties, and general incompetence aren’t nuisances to the 217,008 South Dakotans who reëlected Governor Kristi Noem yesterday. But 1,993 voters in…
Fitzgerald Wins Fourth Circuit Judge Election; Ravnsborg’s Pal Natvig Just Can’t Get Government Work
I note with relief that the voters of the Fourth Judicial Circuit have kept Ravnsborg cronyism from creeping into our courts. Longtime Lawrence County state’s…
When the best Democrats can say is that things didn’t get any worse, it’s been another depressing election. South Dakota Democrats have gained one seat…
The support recreational marijuana got from South Dakota voters in 2020 went up in smoke this year. South Dakotans have rejected Initiated Measure 27, which…