Here's a quick breakdown of the District 32 House money race between Republican incumbent gunbernatorial patronage beneficiaries Brian Gosch and Kristin Conzet and their sole Democratic challenger and teacher Jackie Swanson: donations Gosch Conzet Swanson small indiv $8,015.00 $425.00 $7,900.16…
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In South Dakota, if you fail to timely file your campaign finance forms, you face a $50 daily fine. In Utah, you get kicked off the ballot: The office of Utah Lt. Gov. Greg Bell says Brent L. Andrews of…
A typical anonymous commenter on Dakota War College wheezes that teachers have no business spending money on political campaigns when they could make better use of that money helping kids. Really? Let's take a look at expenditures by another noble…
The National Education Association has contributed $523,000 to the effort to defeat Referred Law 16 here in South Dakota. That's over 97% of the No campaign's war chest. Pat Powers points out the NEA's involvement, which in the world of…
Friday, October 26 was the deadline for all South Dakota candidates to submit their pre-general election campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State's office. Here's the data for the District 8 Senate and House candidates: The Senate race is…
Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-19/Yankton) held a press conference Thursday to spotlight big campaign contributions to South Dakota Republicans. He and the South Dakota Democratic Party found that corporate directors who donate to Republicans get a great return on their investment.…
Bob Mercer digs through the state campaign finance records and finds Secretary of State Jason Gant striking yet another blow against public trust in his office. This time, Gant is accepting big PAC donations from contractors with his office: Gant's…
I'm pleased to note that Rep. Kristi Noem has washed her hands of some dirty money. Rapid City surgeon Edward Picardi took his Tea Party philosophy a step too far by reducing his own taxes through Romneyesque offshore accounts. A…