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Bosworth Legal Defense Fund Extension of Campaign, Subject to FEC Rules?

KELO-TV's Perry Groten points out that Annette Bosworth's recent legal defense fundraising pitch is delusional. But might her fundraising letters also violate federal campaign finance law? Bosworth has sent letters to supporters from her Senate campaign asking them to help…

Year-End Report: Bosworth Nets $4,300 Campaign Cash, Spends $44,000

Annette Bosworth's profitable exploitation of Base Connect and the campaign finance system appears to be petering out. The fake GOP 2014 Senate candidate's year-end FEC report shows net contributions of $4,309.87... which is still pretty good money for an unfocused,…

Bosworth Settling Accounts, Pays Campaign Manager Davis $17,500

Annette Bosworth may be making a New Year's resolution to get out from under her various debts. Patrick Davis, former manager of Bosworth's Senate campaign (a sham aimed at financial reward, not electoral success), reports that Bosworth agreed to pay…

South Dakota Ranks 8th for Monetarily Competitive Legislative Races

Follow the Money publishes an analysis of the competitiveness of legislative elections nationwide. Alas, it's not for the cycle that just got done; it's for 2011–2012. But it's still instructive. You may think South Dakota does a bad job of…

Bosworth Lawyer Backed Democrats in House and Senate Races

In political trivia, Democrat Corinna Robinson netted a meager $3,765 in the final two weeks of her Congressional campaign. Robinson received 6.6% of that couch-cushion change from her Rapid City neighbor Robert Van Norman, who donated $250 on October 17.…

Turkey Money, Rounds, Sveen, EB-5—We’re All Friends Here

Pat Powers notices that Mike Rounds got campaign money from TURPAC, the National Turkey Federation PAC. $5,000, according to Open Secrets, the fourth-highest amount TURPAC gave to any of its favored seventeen Senate candidates. Rep. Kristi Noem got $2,500 in…

Daugaard-Michels Have $1.5 Million on Hand; Wismer in Debt

Yesterday was the deadline for South Dakota candidates to submit their pre-general campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State. Governor Dennis Daugaard and his running mate Lt. Gov. Matt Michels both have their reports in; so do Democrat Rep.…