Bob Mercer notes that the South Dakota Education Association is giving money to Republicans who supported the half-penny sales tax for teacher pay this year. The…
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In more news from the “Almost Nothing to See Here” Department, District 25 Democrats are spending almost nothing on their primary campaigns for two House slots on the…
*See update below! Campaign finance reports for the District 3 Republican House candidates show some predictable sums and a couple of violations of campaign finance law. The top fundraiser is first-time…
Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) is killing primary challenger Lora Hubbel in campaign contributions. According to the incumbent Senator’s pre-primary report, she’s received $10,148 in individual contributions, another…
The District 22 Democratic House primary is not a winner-take-all affair like the District 15 Democratic Senate primary, so we shouldn’t expect as much campaign finance…
Eight years in Pierre gives Rep. Patrick Kirschman another advantage over challenger Reynold Nesiba: fundraising. According to pre-primary campaign finance reports filed last week, Kirschman…
In our discussion of Aberdeen-based Prairie Country PAC’s postcard attacking Caleb Finck for wearing women’s clothes (a mailing PCPAC has since scrubbed from its Facebook page), some readers got…
I enjoy watching Republicans trying to rationalize their primary picks, especially when it contradicts the statements they make to bring down other candidates. If burning through cash…
Bernie Sanders is moving to expand his revolution from cult of personality to a broader effort to elect progressives downticket. Yesterday Sanders sent supporters an e-mail urging…
The payday lenders’ failed lawsuit against Attorney General Marty Jackley’s official explanation of Initiated Measure 21, the real 36% rate cap, was evidently nothing personal. The same company…