The conventional wisdom is that South Dakota Republicans clobber South Dakota Democrats in fundraising. But a look at the Federal Election Commission finance reports suggests room for interpretation in the definition of clobber. Compare the money raised, money spent, and…
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The Tea Party in South Dakota hasn't had much success at the ballot box. In this year's Republican primary, neither Lora Hubbel nor Stace Nelson, the candidates around whom South Dakota's revolution-reënactors most visibly rallied, broke 20% against frontrunners whom…
My friends and readers have raised a number of interesting questions about Annette Bosworth's arrest and impending court date. In brief: Why hasn't Chad Haber been arrested yet? Chad Haber committed the same perjury that Bosworth did, swearing a false…
KELO-TV posts a fun table showing how much each GOP candidate for U.S. Senate candidate spent per vote*: Candidate Cash Spent Votes Cash/Vote Rounds $2,425,135 41,372 $58.62 Rhoden $89,138 13,591 $6.56 Nelson $83,451 13,178 $6.33 Bosworth $1,608,148 4,282 $375.56 Ravnsborg…
Toby and I are both keenly interested in the outcome of the Democratic gubernatorial primary. The Joe Lowe–Suasn Wismer contest is perhaps the most competitive and interesting statewide race on Tuesday's ballot. The candidates offer clear differences in personality and…
GOP spin machine Pat Powers completely ignores the story of fake U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth committing yet another crime by spam-soliciting and accepting a campaign contribution from a foreign national. But Pat Powers's least favorite gubernatorial candidate, Lora Hubbel,…
On a question about the ability and willingness to compromise and get things done in Washington, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Stace Nelson said he's running to represent every South Dakotan of every party. He spoke of serving with dedicated…
If any members of the press are bothering to attend Annette Bosworth's press conference this morning, their first question should be, "Why is your campaign soliciting and accepting illegal contributions from foreign nationals?" Sunday we documented the case of Conrad…