Chad Haber's unverified candidacy (Haber has yet to make any public statement about the political intentions announced by his wife's paid political story-ginner Lee Stranahan) for the Libertarian nomination for attorney general is drawing more confirmed opposition. Kurt Evans, a…
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...Unless Chad Haber Spoils the Party A comment on Dakota War College prompts me to contact political activist and consultant Emmett Reistroffer. The Sioux Falls Libertarian confirms that he is "99% certain" that he will seek the South Dakota Libertarian…
We haven't heard much from the Libertarian Party of South Dakota this year. They failed to offer a candidate for Governor and thus will lose their status as a recognized political party in South Dakota. But the Libertarians don't plan…
Last month I thought I had a brilliant idea: get Libertarian candidate Kurt Evans to conditionally back Republican Rep. Stace Nelson in the GOP Senate primary. Nelson gets synergy with Libertarian-leaners (who already make up a chunk of his campaign…
The standard punchline to anyone's call for an effective third party in South Dakota is, "Heck, it'd be nice if we had a two-party system." Now that that's out of our system, let's talk about the Libertarian Party and the…
Aberdeen blogger Ken Santema declares current Secretary of State Jason Gant unfit for service. He says Gant has demonstrated an inability to carry out two primary responsibilities of his office, chief elections officer and top notary public. He notes that…
Rep. Kristi Noem's vote and mealy-mouthed excuses for the surveillance state gall me. They also gall Libertarian blogger Ken Santema, who declares Noem "a true enemy of liberty" and calls for her replacement: Hopefully in the coming months we can…
Alas, lateness trumps Libertarianism. I was hoping that Jon Cunningham would fuel some fun blogging with his run for Rapid City mayor against Republican incumbent Sam Kooiker and Republican state representative Mark Kirkeby. But after Tuesday's 5 p.m. deadline, only…