And now to the governor's race. The Argus Leader is reporting (as mentioned by CCK yesturday) that Jack Billion is challenging Governor Rounds for his spot:
The theme of South Dakota Democrats' run for the governor's office is already being sounded in early campaigning.
Jack Billion, retired Sioux Falls surgeon, and Dennis Wiese, Flandreau business consultant, want to make the race a referendum on leadership.
Billion announced Friday at the Minnehaha County Democratic Forum that he is seeking the nomination for governor. Wiese and Tyler Smith of Aberdeen are circulating petitions but have not yet decided to run.
"I think it is great we have three out there, and I'm not so convinced we won't have someone else pop in there," said Jason Schulte, the state party's executive director. "It is a good testament to the fact the current governor has failed to show leadership in so many areas."
Billion and Wiese see Gov. Mike Rounds as vulnerable after a legislative session in which the state adopted an abortion ban but could not pass a minimum wage law and made little progress on education funding. Smith was working late Friday at an Aberdeen gas station and could not be reached for comment.
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