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Results, Not Rhetoric? O.K., SDGOP, Let Wismer and Daugaard Have That Chat

Yesterday the South Dakota Republican Party responded with immediate snark to Rep. Susan Wismer's announcement of former legislator Susy Blake has her running mate in the gubernatorial race. "South Dakotans Appreciate Results, Not Rhetoric," said the press release headline from…

Susan Wismer Picks Susy Blake as Running Mate

Yay! It's not Mike Huether! Democratic candidate for governor Rep. Susan Wismer of Britton announced that her running mate will be Susy Blake from Sioux Falls. Blake served two terms in the South Dakota House of Representatives, from 2009 to…

Tidemann Tentative about Bollen Subpoena

Rep. Susan Wismer got the Government Operations and Audit Committee to add the GOED/EB-5/SDRC scandal to its agenda at the last minute last week. The conversation centered around whether the committee should subpoena Joop Bollen, the head of SDRC Inc.,…

Wismer Inching Toward Opposition to Powertech Uranium Mining

Joe Lowe partisans take heart: the losing contender in our Democratic gubernatorial may have gotten through to nominee Rep. Susan Wismer on at least one issue. After weeks of awkward agnosticism, Rep. Wismer is working her way closer to saying…

Take the Lowe Road, Wismer: Talk Culture of Corruption!

One of the talking points Democratic nominee Susan Wismer needs to adopt from her vanquished primary opponent Joe Lowe is his talk of the "culture of corruption" fostered by the Rounds-Daugaard administration. Why? It's true! Fighting a "Culture of Corruption"…

Susan Wismer, Meet Alice Daly: 1922 Candidate Shows Democrats How to Run

Rep. Paula Hawks (D-9/Hartford) is excited about Rep. Susan Wismer's victory in the Democratic gubernatorial primary: "She gives us all something to be really proud of and be really excited about," Hawks said. With political aspirations of her own, Hawks…