It must be a Larry thing. I've been hovering over the Federal Election Commission's website, eager to review the professed finances of South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. But so far, the only financials I can look at are among the…
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Sioux Falls will be popping with provocative political discourse tomorrow. Greg Belfrage has invited me converse with him on KELO-AM Friday morning at 8:20 a.m. about petition law, public discourse, and South Dakota's Senate campaign. Sioux Falls commuters, watch out…
Tom Lawrence gives Rick Weiland more cause for hope, identifying national historical precedent for a crowded ballot leading to a win for a presumed underdog in a one-to-one race. While Democrat Weiland enjoys easy sailing through spring with no primary…
The undercard: Stace Nelson is challenging Larry Rhoden's paltry signature count. Pat Powers seethes that Nelson is beating up on a "Fellow Republican," but come on! Nelson and Rhoden aren't playing tiddlywinks. Rhoden invited a challenge with his anemic petition…
The small scoops of the day on South Dakota's U.S. Senate race come from State Representative Bernie Hunhoff: Retired/aspiring U.S. Senator Larry Pressler was in the state capitol today. He filed nominating petitions, and we invited him to stop by…
If I wrote headlines the way Pat Powers writes headlines, that's how I'd summarize Chuck Todd's interview with Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland this week. Actually, Todd called Republican candidate Mike Rounds the "slight favorite in the general election."…
Kevin Woster reports on a fun twist in South Dakota political history. He finds that Ted Muenster, a Democrat who tried to unseat Larry Pressler from the Senate in 1990, has been gathering signatures for Pressler to run as an…
The Yankton Press and Dakotan conducted an online poll Thursday. Skipping the baloney, they went right to the question of whom voters would support in a three-way Senate race. The results show a tantalizing three-way split: Mike Rounds 34.7% Rick…