Dan Ahlers submitted his running-mate papers in time, and the man ready to debate Tony Venhuizen is former Democratic legislator Steven McCleerey.
McCleerey, a Sisseton farmer and SDSU ag alum, represented District 1 in the House for three terms, from 2015 through 2020. McCleerey’s Legislative service coincided with Ahlers’s last stint in the House during the 2017 and 2018 Sessions. McCleerey is also on the Coteau des Prairies Health Care Systems board and that hospital foundation’s governance committee.
Ahlers and McCleerey will hold a press event to publicly introduce the new candidate for Lieutenant Governor this morning at the Old Courthouse Museum in Sioux Falls.