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VIDEO: South Dakota 'corn dog' candidate
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota Republican campaign video depicting a Democratic House candidate jet-setting around the globe to earn environmental degrees and hosting a "raucous" corn dog party has gone viral, and both sides are claiming...Tags: Allen West, Republican Party, Elections, Sports, YouTube
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In Our Opinion: Noem, Dennert ads miss their marks
Two ill-advised campaign ads have us wondering, "what were they thinking?" A video supporting Rep. Kristi Noem went viral online over the weekend, but not in the way Noem and the state GOP intended. (See video below) The two-and-a-half-minute-long...Tags: University of Cambridge, Republican Party, Elections, YouTube, Politics
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Uphill battle ahead in U.S. House race
American News CorrespondentDuring the past half-century something mildly odd has taken hold in South Dakota’s statewide elections. Losers almost always refuse to run again against the candidates who beat them, no matter if the margin of defeat was relatively small, not even...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Travel, Republican Party, Elections, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Children would challenge adult ideas at ballot box
dkmarmorstein@yahoo.comWhat do kids think about candidates and issues in the coming election? Tori, a Simmons Middle School sixth-grader, cares about China trade policy. She’d vote Obama because “Romney is trying to get everything made in America, and right now we...Tags: Barack Obama, Libertarian Party, Teaching and Learning, Education, Elections
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Goodbye, McGovern
Associated PressGeorge McGovern made history with his loss of the 1972 presidential election in a historic landslide, but he was praised Friday for galvanizing the Democratic party’s liberal wing and inspiring a new generation to take up his causes. At his...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), John Thune, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, Human Interest
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Notebook: How has SD fared under Obama?
Based on historical trends and recent polling, there seems little chance that a majority of South Dakota voters will mark their ballots this year for the re-election of President Barack Obama. The deeper question is how South Dakota has fared during the...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton
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Friends, family pay tribute to late-Sen. McGovern
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Friends, family and former colleagues paused before the flag-draped casket of former U.S. Sen. George McGovern on Thursday to pay tribute to the liberal Democrat who ran for president against Richard Nixon and lost and who...Tags: John Thune, Republican Party, Human Interest, Elections, Joe Biden
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Noem vists Groton biorefinery
knguyen@aberdeennews.comGROTON — Paying attention to domestic sources of renewable energy is a priority, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. said. "We should be incentivizing any energy we can produce here in this country," she said. Noem toured the Poet Biorefining plant in...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Groton, Federal Election Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Noem clone could attend meetings
I recently read in the Public Voice (Oct. 17) that the writer thought Rep. Kristi Noem was so effective in Congress that they wished she could be cloned. If there were two Kristi Noems, perhaps one of them could actually attend all those committee... -
Notebook: Will Democrats rise again in SD?
Based on their weak registration of voters there shouldn’t be much hope for Democrats in South Dakota’s general elections this fall, especially after the near-total rejection of Democratic candidates in 2010. Yet in recent weeks a surge of...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Elections, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Government
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House candidates debate taxes, work ethic
Associated PressPIERRE — Republican Rep. Kristi Noem tried to paint Democratic challenger Matt Varilek as a dedicated follower of President Barack Obama, while Varilek accused her of being ineffective and missing meetings during a brisk Friday debate in which they...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Tim Johnson, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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During House debate, Varilek ducks Noem's question about Obama
American News CorrespondentRAPID CITY – The last question of their debate Friday might have delivered the defining moment for the two candidates seeking South Dakota’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kristi Noem, the Republican incumbent Kristi Noem, asked...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Biography (genre), Elections, John McCain
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