Stu Whitney
Total 135 Posts
Key takeaways from South Dakota primary: Low turnout, high Republican drama
"There's an argument to make that we see low turnout for these primaries because so many voters have little or nothing to vote for."
Poll: Amendment to expand South Dakota abortion rights has nearly 20-point lead
Scientific survey shows 53% of respondents support Constitutional Amendment G, which would reverse South Dakota's abortion ban. Opponents vow a court challenge.
Poll: Trump has sizable lead in South Dakota but shy of 2016 and 2020 numbers
Trump is at 50%, well ahead of President Biden’s 31% in the News Watch poll, while Robert Kennedy Jr. pulled in 11%.
Poll: Nearly half of South Dakotans have unfavorable view of Noem
“Some of the issues coming out of the book not only damaged her national ambitions, but they put a serious damper on any statewide ambitions she might have had.”
Timeline of Noem's book launch: 'They're attacking me like crazy'
The national profile of the second-term Republican governor has certainly been raised, but even usually friendly conservative media outlooks took her to task.
US Senate confirms Theeler, Schulte as federal district judges
Camela Theeler will be assigned to the Western Division in Rapid City, while Eric Schulte will work the Central Division in Pierre.
US Postal Service pauses downgrade of South Dakota mail operations
The original Sioux Falls plan, finalized April 30 by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, involved shifting non-local mail operations in South Dakota’s largest city to a facility in Omaha, Nebraska.