Jamie Smith, a Democratic legislator and realtor from Sioux Falls, entered the governor's race in February 2022, a relatively late start. What he lacks in funding and name recognition, he has attempted to make up for in energy, personality and his often divisive opponent, Gov. Kristi Noem.
In numerous political ads and mailers, the Noem campaign and the state Republican Party have painted Smith as too liberal or “too extreme for South Dakota.”
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