Tomorrow is election day. Even though 2016 is likely to set records for early voting in South Dakota, there are still a lot of people waiting until Election Day to actually cast their vote. To help those people out I will do a few recap posts to help voters understand their choices at the poll box. This post will focus on the three statewide races in South Dakota. I’ve also included links at the bottom of this post for anyone wishing to learn more about the four Presidential candidates on the ballot in South Dakota.
US Senate
Republican incumbent Senator John Thune is up for reelection. This time the Democrats were able to get a challenger when Jay Williams entered the race. I really haven’t blogged a lot about this race. But I did publish the four following posts looking at the debates between Thune and Williams:
- A look at the SDPB US Senate debate between Thune and Williams.
- Notes from the 2nd US Senate debate between Thune and Williams.
- Video available for the final two Thune/Willams debates.
- Thune and Williams talking TPP, GMO, and COOL in Rotary Club debate.
To be perfectly honest I really haven’t cared too much about the race. Policy-wise I have some agreements and disagreements with both candidates.
Here are some links to research both candidates:
John R. Thune (R)
Office Website – Campaign Website – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – GovTrack – SoDakLiberty
Jay Williams (D)
Website – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – SoDakLiberty
US House
Republican incumbent Kristi Noem is being challenged by Democrat Paula Hawks for South Dakota’s lone US House seat. This is another race I didn’t really give a lot of attention to, mostly because I was focused on state legislative races. Here are a couple of posts I did publish for this race:
- Notes from the Rotary Club US House debate between Noem and Hawks.
- Notes from the 2nd US House debate between Noem and Hawks.
- Noem and Hawks faced off in third debate.
There was a fourth Noem/Hawks debate I never had a chance to blog about. That debate can be viewed on the SDPB website.
In the debates Hawks definitely seemed to pivot to the conservative side of the Democrat party; especially when compared to Williams in the US Senate race. It will be interesting to see how the Democrat party reacts to such an approach going into the 2018 election…
Here are some links to research both candidates:
Kristi Noem (R)
Office Website – Campaign Website – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – GovTrack – OpenStates – SoDakLiberty
LRC: House 2010 2009 2008 2007
Paula Hawks (D)
Rep Paula Hawks
Website – Facebook – Twitter – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – OpenStates – SoDakLiberty
LRC: House 2016 2015 2014 2013
SDPB Video: 2014
Public Utilities Commissioner
The Public Utilities Commissioner races pits incumbent Republican Chris Nelson against challenging Democrat Henry Red Cloud. This is a race I have given no coverage; it just fell completely off my radar as I focused on state legislative races.
For anyone that wants to research this race I have links below to help with that.
Chris Nelson (R)
Website – Facebook – Twitter – LinkedIn – vimeo – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart –SoDakLiberty
Henry Red Cloud (D)
Facebook – Ballotpedia – SoDakLiberty
US President
There are four candidates that made it on the ballot in South Dakota. South Dakota is a winner-takes-all state, meaning whichever candidate gets the majority of the vote will get all three of South Dakota’s electoral votes.
Here are links to learn more about the candidates; these are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot.
Donald J. Trump (R)
SD For Trump Facebook – Website – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – YouTube – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – SoDakLiberty
Gary Johnson (L)
SD For Gary Johnson Facebook – Website – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – Instagram – Google+ – LinkedIn – Pinterest – SnapChat – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – SoDakLiberty
Hillary Clinton (D)
SD For Hillary Clinton Facebook – Website – Facebook – Twitter – YouTube – Instagram – Pinterest – LinkedIn – Medium – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – GovTrack –SoDakLiberty
Darrell L. Castle (C)
Website – Facebook – Twitter – Google+ – Ballotpedia – VoteSmart – SoDakLiberty
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