That Rapid City paper gives its readers reason to start looking for a new state Senator. In this morning's edition, reporter Daniel Simmons-Ritchie gets State Senator Phil Jensen to reveal the threat he poses to civil liberties, admitting that he'd…
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The South Dakota National Guard hosted its 30th annual Legislative Dining Out shindig at the Ramkota Thursday. People wore black tie, the Guards handed Governor Daugaard a sword, and fun was had by all. Among the most fun tables at…
Senator Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) was threatening to bring a fetal-pain bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks. But with the deadline for new bills passed, no such bill has appeared in the legislative hopper. Senator Jensen has decided not…
I want Matt McGrath to win the District 33 Senate race. I want him to beat Rep. Phil Jensen, who's just full of misogyny, Islamophobia, and embarrassingly bad policy ideas. But I'm not sure I want to win this way:…
The District 33 Senate race pits Republican Rep. Phil Jensen against Independent Matt McGrath. Both men have brave mustaches. That makes this race a hard choice. But if neither man can win by a whisker, maybe one can win by…
Republican Sen. Dan Lederman's Rushmore PAC (which filed its organization papers with the Secretary of State's office one business day after Pat Powers resigned from the Secretary of State's office to go work for Rushmore PAC) has endorsed twelve Legislative…
Bad news for my enemies is good news for my friends? (Expect someone to critique my use of "enemies".) Governor Dennis Daugaard's interference in the Republican primaries was a net waste of gubernatorial political capital. The Governor picked favorites in…