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January 29, 2023
The Federal Elections Commission has sent a warning to Congressional Candidate Taffy Howard that she may have accepted too much money from one of the donors throwing cash at her campaign, according to this letter dated December 7th, and filed electronically on the Federal Elections Commission website today: FEC says Luke Blindert spent too much…
January 4, 2023
South Dakota: You like Republican Congressman Dusty Johnson. You really, really like him. How do I know this? Because that's what at least one survey says about the freshman Congressman's impression on South Dakotans. I managed to get a copy of a memo from Moore Information Group on a survey conducted in South Dakota this…
January 4, 2023
As I've noted several times, Taffy Howard missed almost 15% of all floor votes during the legislative session during the first quarter of the year. So where was she? We still have no idea, because by the looks of her FEC report, she certainly wasn't fundraising. Taffy Howard 2022 1q FEC by Pat Powers on…
December 31, 2022
I hate to say it, but Steve Haugaard might want to cut his losses now: Haugaard Report by Pat Powers on Scribd After transferring $10k from his legislative campaign, Haugaard still failed to break $50k in donations otherwise. $3,221 unitemized. $43,000 itemized against $20,411.86 in expenditures, leaving him with $35,809.14 cash on hand. For a…
December 28, 2022
A filing was made this week in McPherson County in small claims court against District 23 Libertarian State Senate Candidate Carl W (or CJ) Abernathey, Jr. According to the filing with the UJS, Abernathey is being accused of skipping out on his rent to "In Town Rentals" of Eureka. According to the document filed…
December 28, 2022
In the last few weeks, State Representative Kevin Jensen filed a fairly new political action committee called "Keep South Dakota Red," with the mission of "Assist candidates supporting the Republican party platform." That's all well and good, despite the platform being a fluid document that can change at any time. And today their filing was…
December 28, 2022
State Representative Kevin Jensen, first elected to the House in 2016, has announced his candidacy for State Republican Party chair against State Senator John Wiik, who has received endorsements from a significant portion of County GOP Elected officials, as well as nearly all statewide elected officials. According to a report this morning from The Dakota…
December 3, 2022
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October 25, 2022
Monae Johnson for Secretary of State has filed her report, showing that while her fundraising is ahead of her opponent, with his 50k loan to himself, Johnson us is not that far ahead. Monae Johnson Pre General by Pat Powers on Scribd Jjohnson shows $61,282.49 raised against $54,832.26 spend, leaving her $6,854.00 to roll into…
October 15, 2022
It seems to have been a very good fundraising quarter for Republican candidates in South Dakota. Alongside Senator Thune, Congressman Dusty Johnson also posted strong numbers: Dusty Johnson 2022 3q FEC by Pat Powers on Scribd Congressman Johnson was able to boast $327,188.90 raised against $122,396.59 in expenses, leaving him $2,264,896.91 cash on hand to…