Kurt Evans chose not to challenge John Thune for his Senate seat. But he could have challenged Jay Williams… in the Democratic primary! I check the…
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Republican District 30 House candidate Tim R. Goodwin evidently thinks “exceptionalism” means he can post salacious and false information online, while campaigning, without damaging his reputation. The…
A sure way to check the xenophobic impulses of the South Dakota Legislature would be for District 6 to elect Clara Hart to the House. Hart has…
Pat Powers thinks his beer is more interesting than Donald Trump’s “boring” hostile takeover of his party. Yet the Trumpist triumph is so clearly a watershed moment that…
The following post is mostly academic. The outcome of the June 7 Republican District 3 House primary is immaterial, given that the general electorate will punish mediocrity and Trumpism by…
Tim Goodwin is one of the Black Hills Republicans cloaking himself in cross and flag to get elected to the Legislature (specifically, one of five apparent right-wingers competing…
Hey hey! Returning sponsor Sioux Falls Drinking Liberally has moved its Friday meetings to TapHouse 41., next to Scheels in Sioux Falls. Organizer Sheldon Osborn reports the…
The Cook Political Report yesterday re-rated thirteen states in its assessment of the two major parties’ chances in the Presidential election. Twelve of those states shifted in Democrats’…
While South Dakota’s self-proclaimed “#1 Political Website” has thus far responded to the triumph of Trumpism with stunned silence, Rep. Kristi Noem and Senator Mike Rounds have officially surrendered their…
When I cast my vote in the Democratic Presidential primary at the Brown County courthouse yesterday during lunch, I was the 199th early voter in Brown…