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Dem Secretary of State candidate Tom Cool has filed his campaign finance report. And it seems as if he is running the same level of campaign that he always has. After collecting about $19k in donations from various sources, Cool finds himself gambling on himself with a $50,000 loan. Considering his past track record of…

The 2022 race for South Dakota secretary of state is centering around the 2020 election

A Lee Enterprises survey of elections across the West shows that in several states, election deniers or doubters are running for positions that would put them in control of elections.

A Lee Enterprises survey of elections across the West shows that in several states, election deniers or doubters are running for positions that would put them in control of elections.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting is hosting a series of debates and political forums in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.

Trump-aligned election deniers running for chief election posts could sow chaos, while other candidates push for expanding voting access.

Todays look back at local history as captured in the pages of The Citizen:

As you probably know, in South Dakota secretary of state nominees for major political parties aren’t decided through a statewide primary election, though they probably should be. They’re selected by party delegates at the state conventions, which were once pretty predictable affairs when it came to candidate nominations. Especially for Republicans.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— With most primaries now complete, a majority of the nation’s competitive secretary of state races pit a Republican nominee aligned with former President Donald Trump against a relatively mainstream Democrat.— This could benefit Democrats by being able to run against less electable Republicans — or it may not matter if a Republican wave crests high enough, carrying even the most controversial Republican nominees to victory. Either way, voters in many states w...

Long-time Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth is turning his sights to landowner rights at the Public Utilities Commission this November.