A South Dakota Moderate

The AP via MSNBC has projected that Democrat James Webb has defeated Incumbent George “Macaca” Allen which would give the Democrats full control in Congress. Of course Allen has yet to concede even thought many are calling him to do so.
So the “thumpin” as President Bush so eloquently described it yesterday is complete. I guess [...]

How do you know that it might be time to re-think your political aspirations? Maybe losing to someone that passed away 2 months earlier would be a sign.
PIERRE, South Dakota - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner’s race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.
Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, [...]

Pretty much going under the radar during yesterdays election results was the fact that Dan Sutton, whom is headed for an investigation by his counterparts in the Senate during a special session of the South Dakota legislature on November 27th, won his re-election bid for the District 8 Senate seat.
Even with allegations that he groped [...]

Remember 1994? Apparently the GOP didn’t and as the old saying goes, those that don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it. The groundswell of discontent that led to the Republican take over in 1994 has again re-appeared and this time the Republicans were on the other side.
Say what you will about what you think [...]

Here is the final results from yesterdays election. Some interesting races and what could be called upsets including the current scourge of the GOP, Republican Stan Adelstein winning again even though he wasn’t running as his chosen and funded Democrat, Tom Katus, beat Republican and outspoken abortion ban supporter Elli Schwiesow. Katus’ victory was just [...]

Jon Schaff from South Dakota Politics had this one.
Random thought: If you are Bruce Whalen, do you call Stephanie Herseth to concede? I mean, won’t she pick up the phone and say, “Bruce who?”
I will close this evenings festivities on that note but if you wish to keep up with the results overnight [...]

The proposed plan to overhaul the way South Dakota collects property taxes can pretty much be considered DOA. The latest numbers have it down 83 percent to 17 percent. Maybe the fact that the legislature would have had to fix numerous holes in the initial legislation or maybe South Dakotan’s whom are already some of [...]

Referred Law 6 Abortion Ban
31% Reporting
Yes - 44%
No - 56%
Amendment C Define Marriage
31% Reporting
Yes - 51%
No - 49%
It appears that Roger Hunt needed to illegally funnel a few hundred thousand more into the Vote Yes for Life campaign as the abortion ban looks like it will be overturned though it isn’t quite a done deal. [...]

Though only 24 percent of the precincts have reported so far, it appears likely that the video lottery opponents will fail to get it overturned again. Currently the totals stand at 68 percent in favor of keeping it versus 32 percent wanting to outlaw it.
In an even worse landslide, Amendment E is shooting for the [...]

The AP has called the US House race for Stephanie Herseth and the Governors race in favor of Mike Rounds.
US House12% ReportingX Herseth - 72%Whalen - 26%Rudebusch - 1%
Governor12% ReportingX Rounds - 61%Billion - 37%Gerber - 1%Willis - 1%

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The latest from the morality watch this evening
Referred Law 6 Abortion Ban6% ReportingYes - 44%No - 56%
Amendment C Define Marriage6% ReportingYes - 51%No - 49%

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Latest Results with 1 - 3% of the precincts reporting. (Check mark next to name means projected winner)
US HouseHerseth - 70%Whalen - 29%Rudebusch - 1%
GovernorRounds - 68%Billion - 31%Gerber - 1%Willis - 1%
Referred Law 6 Abortion BanYes - 51%No - 49%
Measure 7 Video LotteryNo - 68%Yes - 32%
Amendment C Define MarriageYes - 57%No - 43%
Amendment D Property TaxNo - [...]