SD

From the 23 March edition of The Hotline:

SOUTH DAKOTA: From Zero To Three, Just Like That?

     "After months of being unable to filed a candidate," the SD Dems have found 3 possible candidates: Minnehaha Co. Dem Chair/ex-state Rep. Jack Billion (D), business consultant Dennis Wiese (D) and National Guard member Tyler Smith (D). Although Gov. Mike Rounds (R) has not yet filed, SD GOP exec. dir. Max Wetz said he expects Rounds to do so. Wetz: "He wanted to wait until after the legislative session before he made a formal announcement" (Hayworth, Sioux City Journal, 3/23).  Smith confirmed that he will actively seek the Dem nomination. He intends to formally announce his candidacy after his petitions are filed (release, 3/22).