State Representative Kevin Jensen, first elected to the House in 2016, has announced his candidacy for State Republican Party chair against State Senator John Wiik, who has received endorsements from a significant portion of County GOP Elected officials, as well as nearly all statewide elected officials. According to a report this morning from The Dakota…
Couple of updates on the Koskan case. There was a plea agreement between Koskan and the State's Attorney in the matter of the charges of child abuse. but the judge is apparently thinking it over, according to Dakota News Now: That agreement would have required Koskan to enter into a guilty plea with the state,…
Joe Sneve over at the Dakota Scout is reporting tonight that District 27 Republican Senate Candidate Joel Koskan is under investigation in a child abuse sex probe: Joel Koskan, 44, is set to be arraigned on charges next week, Mellette County Sheriff Mike Blom said. Blom said the case is open, and he referred questions…
After his win in this past June primary, Tom Pischke must be feeling secure in his britches as in today's Rapid City Journal, he's out attacking the current Senate President Pro Tempore Lee Schoenbeck for not drinking the kool-aid on the Citizens for Liberty Scorecard: Senator Lee Schoenbeck’s recent op-ed in the Rapid City Journal…
Senate President Pro-Tempore Lee Schoenbeck has a column in the Rapid City Journal this AM (hard copy only at moment) discussing the problems with voters relying on cherry picked scorecards that are designed to make "their people" look good. Namely the Citizens for Liberty Scorecard: Senator Schoenbeck also points out the difference between the cherry-picked…