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Thune offered an interesting Amendment to UI Extension bill
Senator John Thune (R-SD) Yesterday morning Senator Thune introduced an Amendment to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (S 1845). I found this to be an interesting Amendment because...
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Thune continues battle against EPA expansion
Back in May of this year Seanator Thune starting bringing attention to the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) attempt to regulate more water than it currently does. The expansion of the EPA’s...
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SD Ag Summit 2015 Part 1: State of Agriculture Address from SD Ag Secretary...
SD Ag Secretary Lucas Lentsch speaking in Deadwood. Photo by Ken Santema 07/10/15 On July 9th and 10th I attended the SD Governor’s Agricultural Summit in Deadwood, South Dakota. This will be first of...
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SD Ag Summit 2015 Part 5: Trade opportunities for SD Ag
I am finally getting back to doing posts about the SD Governor’s Agricultural Summit 2015 held in Deadwood on July 9th and 10th. This post will focus on Session 2 of the summit, which was titled “Trade...
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TPP in South Dakota politics part III: congressional delegation
Last week I provided recaps of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the South Dakota Legislature and the SD Department of Agriculture. In this post I will focus on some of the actions I’ve noticed...
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SDDP Chair Tornberg is right about media coverage
Ann Tornberg speaking in Aberdeen. Photo by Ken Santema 11/5/15. Earlier this week the Argus Leader published an opinion piece from South Dakota Democrat Party Chair Ann Tornberg. In this opinion piece...
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Republican problems in District 33
Normally I stay out of party politics on this blog. But District 33 has a situation going on that has caused quite a few Republicans from the area to contact me via email and phone to ask if I knew...
View ArticleSDPB Candidate forum with Thune and Williams tonight
Tonight SDPB will be hosting a candidate forum between US Senate candidates John Thune and Jay Williams. Thune of course has been making headlines by asking Trump to step down, but still promising to...
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A look at the SDPB US Senate debate between Thune and Williams
SDPB US Senate Forum with Jay Williams and John Thune. Screenshot from SDPB video. On October 13 US Senate candidates John Thune and Jay Williams faced off in a one-hour forum on SDPB as part of their...
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Notes from the 2nd US Senate debate between Thune and Williams
KELO US Senate Debate with Jay Williams and John Thune On Friday, October 14, there was a US Senate debate between Republican incumbent John Thune and Democrat challenger Jay Williams. This was the...
View ArticleTwo more US Senate debates between Thune and Williams coming up
There are two more US Senate debates left between Republican incumbent John Thune and Democrat challenger Jay Williams next Monday. Previously I posted my notes from the October 14 KELO US Senate...
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Video available for the final two Thune/Williams debates
Screenshot form KSFY video of the John Thune and Jay Williams US Senate Debate. There have been four US Senate debates between incumbent Republican John Thune and Democrat challenger Jay Williams....
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Thune and Williams talking TPP, GMO, and COOL in Rotary Club debate
Screenshot form KSFY video of the John Thune and Jay Williams US Senate Debate. On Monday, October 24, the Sioux Falls Downtown Rotary Club hosted a US Senate debate between incumbent Republican John...
View ArticleSD 2016 Election: Recap of the statewide races
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...
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Thune, Noem, and Nelson have sound wins in the statewide races
Earlier I did a brief post about Trump winning South Dakota. Now it is time to look at the other three statewide races in South Dakota. All three of these races are strong Republican wins. This is...
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