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Dan Ahlers, a Democrat running for governor of South Dakota, stands in a building he owns that houses a coffee shop in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. (Photo by Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Meghan O’Brien
DELL RAPIDS — In a coffee shop on his hometown’s main thoroughfare, Dan Ahlers thinks back on his first run for elected office 20 years ago.
There was a different Democrat running who needed to drop out, local party leaders said, and they wanted Ahlers as a replacement.
By Makenzie Huber
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story published in July, prior to the runoff election for the Republican nomination for governor.
Larry Rhoden said his life lessons have prepared him to seek his own four-year term as South Dakota’s lead executive, after being elevated from lieutenant governor when Gov. Kristi Noem resigned to join President Donald Trump’s administration.
Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien interviews Dan Ahlers, the Democrat running against South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden in the general election.
O’Brien asked Ahlers the same questions she posed to Republican candidates before the June primary election, on topics including abortion, relationships with tribal nations, climate change, taxes and Medicaid. She also asked each candidate to share a “big idea.”
In this May episode of Searchlight Report, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden answered questions on topics including abortion, relationships with tribal nations, climate change, taxes, Medicaid and his “big idea” for South Dakota.
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