I'm not ready to hit the top stories of the year cycle quite yet (six days left! who knows what could happen?!), but Bob Mercer is. South Dakota's last full-time statehouse reporter picks five top South Dakota political stories of…
Posts tagged as “Susan Wismer”
Bob Mercer beats up on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Susan Wismer in a withering assessment of her campaign. He says Wismer and running mate Susy Blake are about to make unwanted history by lengthening the GOP's grip on the governor's office…
Yesterday was the deadline for South Dakota candidates to submit their pre-general campaign finance reports to the Secretary of State. Governor Dennis Daugaard and his running mate Lt. Gov. Matt Michels both have their reports in; so do Democrat Rep.…
If Larry Pressler can get mojo back, why can't Susan Wismer? Susan Wismer has touted her gubernatorial bid as South Dakotans' chance to elect their first female governor. She doubled the female fun by naming Susy Blake as her running…
I can understand why Mike Rounds has trouble keeping his story straight on his EB-5 scandal: even we voters have trouble keeping track of all the ways that he let Joop Bollen abuse South Dakota's regulations, trust, and good name.…
Northern Plains News reports that Democrats Susan Wismer and Corinna Robinson have not moved their poll needles since July. Nielson Brothers Polling surveyed over 600 likely voters from September 21 to September 25 and found the races for Governor and…
Just as Susan Wismer farted up her own message on EB-5 theft by letting some meathead consultant plagiarize content from other candidates, the SDGOP now fumbles the chance it has to royally roast Wismer by committing its own blatant hypocrisy.…
Here's the difference between Pat Powers and me: He doesn't think that state employee diverting, if not outright stealing, over a hundred million dollars from the state of South Dakota is a big deal, but he thinks a Democratic gubernatorial…