Either my low-cost messaging is getting out, or the flaws of Referred Law 19 are simply obvious to any fair observer. The Watertown Public Opinion urges…
Tag: Independents
Maybe newspapers just see the chance to sell more ads during the primary season. The Mitchell Daily Republic has company in endorsing Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary…
KELO Radio’s Greg Belfrage agrees with me that Referred Law 19 is bad policy. In our interview yesterday, I listed the three main disadvantages of…
House Majority Leader Brian Gosch says Republicans made Referred Law 19, so “Every voter, especially Republicans, should support Referred Law 19.” The South Dakota Democratic Party…
Yesterday I noted that SDPB’s Lee Strubinger wasn’t able to find any proponents to speak on Referred Law 19, the Incumbent Protection Plan. This morning…
Tony Venhuizen, our Governor’s chief of staff, notes an inconsistency between my opposition to Referred Law 19 and my support for Amendment V: Venhuizen has a point.…
Either Lee Strubinger isn’t working very hard, or no one is willing to stand up this year and defend Referred Law 19, the Incumbent Protection Plan. The…
The online candidate list isn’t updated, but Bob Mercer drops by the Secretary of State’s office and learns a few more Independent candidate petitions have…
Yesterday was the deadline for Independent candidates to file their petitions for partisan races in South Dakota. While the Secretary of State may still have…
Kurt Evans dropped his Independent bid for U.S. Senate last October. No other Independent has signaled an interest, and we’re still waiting for a Democrat to…