The Secretary of State has reversed an interpretation of campaign finance law to align with an interpretation I offered in 2016. When I ran for…
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Senator Billie Sutton and the Democratic caucus get credit for fighting for practical women’s issues with House Bill 1153, which sought to protect pregnant and…
The Democrats’ most competitive gubernatorial candidate in several cycles, Senator Billie Sutton, cast a triangulating vote on January 22 on a feckless resolution endorsing South Dakota’s anti-union…
Campaign finance reports are in for South Dakota’s serious gubernatorial candidates: Candidate Balance 1/1/2017 Raised Spent Cash on Hand 12/31/2017 Kristi Noem $1,807,135.40 $900,751.97 $566,192.56…
Legislature Quickly Fixes Corporate-Donor-Reporting Loophole; “Entities” Give 2.2% of Sutton’s Money
Nicely done, Legislature! Yesterday the Senate cast the final unanimous vote for House Bill 1003, which corrects the Legislature’s omission of businesses and unions (“entities”,…
Billie Sutton’s gubernatorial campaign says in a press release that it raised $871,539.07 in its seven months of official campaigning in 2017. Team Sutton’s official…
The South Dakota Legislature has finally caught up with other states and decided to offer training on “legislative ethics, professionalism, and sexual harassment.” All legislators…
Senate Minority Leader Billie Sutton (D-21/Burke), the Democrats’ standard-bearer in the 2018 gubernatorial race, joins the chorus of disappointment greeting Governor Dennis Daugaard’s bleak final…
WNAX asks South Dakota Chamber of Commerce chief David Owen what he thinks of the main gubernatorial candidates. While Owen talks baseball on the Republicans,…
Senator Billie Sutton’s gubernatorial campaign scored its first big win in Pierre Monday, placing, taking the top prize in the 17th annual Pierre Parade of…