In yesterday’s special primary election, South Dakotans recognized that Marsy’s Law, the vanity project peddled by California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas, is deeply flawed. To…
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The Sore Loser Award in yesterday’s primary goes to Sheriff Lenny Gramkow of Bon Homme County. One minute after the polls closed in Bon Homme…
¨”It’s time for a new sheriff in town!” Aberdeen policeman and legislator Dan Kaiser boldly proclaimed in his newspaper ads. I agreed, although I didn’t…
The clock started ticking last night on Senator Lance Russell’s big decision. District 30 Republicans picked the Hot Springs incumbent to carry their banner in…
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s money apparently gets better with age. After a mixed record of success in picking primary winners in past elections, Daugaard saw his…
Dead men tell no tales, but they win elections in Rapid City. District 32 Republicans had three candidates for two House seats. 35% of them…
On Monday, I made three primary predictions. Yesterday, voters proved me close on two out of three: Wrong: Like most observers, I predicted the gubernatorial…
The Big Pharma lawyers suing to remove Initiated Measure 26, the prescription drug price cap, from the November ballot have subpoenaed sixteen people involved with…
District 9, come November, you get to pick two Representatives from among four candidates: Democrats Toni Miller and Michael Saba and Republicans Senator Deb Peters…
Patrick Lalley invited me onto the airwaves yesterday to talk primary politics. Lalley gave me credit for writing some of Kristi Noem’s campaign material—and you…