The death of Deadwood mayor and District 31 State Representative Charles M. Turbiville leaves voters in Lawrence County with a complicated electoral situation. Ballots were…
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Here’s one small anecdotal sign of Democratic momentum in South Dakota. I spent part of my weekend registering new voters ahead of today’s deadline for…
Brookings just keeps getting better. After years of leading South Dakota on the Human Rights Commission’s Municipal Equality Index, Brookings has now achieved the top…
Kristi Noem beat Marty Jackley in the primary in part by running an ad with a woman testifying powerfully to Jackley’s misuse of power as…
Speaking of campaign finance, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton hasn’t filed his pre-general report yet for income and expenditures from May 17 through October 17…
South Dakota Republicans are scared. They know they can’t beat Billie Sutton himself, because Kristi Noem herself is such an unlikable, unaccomplished candidate. So Kristi…
In the last two elections, South Dakotans have voted to raise and inflation-index the minimum wage for all workers. Gee, those two votes more than…
Kelsey Grammer told South Dakotans to vote for accused (but curiously still not charged) drug abuser and billionaire Henry T. Nicholas’s showboating crime victims’ bill…
Quick note from the campaign trail: a voter outside working recognized me, called me over, removed a glove, shook my hand, and said, “I already…
I’m of the impression that we can usually count on South Dakota Republicans to kum-ba-yah after a hard primary and unite behind their nominees to…