Our motley-crew bill of the morning comes from Senator Tim Begalka (R-4/Clear Lake), who offers Senate Bill 91 to reduce and ultimately repeal the contractor's excise tax. Right now in South Dakota, if you hire a contractor to shingle your…
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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…
In its assessment of interesting State Senate races, GOP-machine blog Dakota War College mentions the District 4 Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Tim Begalka and Democrat Rep. Steve Street: This district has traditionally been a mixed party district at…
Governor Dennis Daugaard and hyperpartisan Secretary of State Jason Gant saw District 4 blow big raspberries at their endorsements of Speaker Val Rausch in his primary effort to unseat Senator and fellow Republican Tim Begalka last Tuesday. But guess who…
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…
Big blooming ballots! The Secretary of State's office was busy with all sorts of petitions today. Here are some of today's highlight filings from the official candidates list and the ballot measure page: I heard rumors that Frank Kloucek was…