Rhoden wins big in runoff

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden won the Republican Party’s nomination for governor Tuesday in a runoff election, earning the chance to seek his own four years in office after filling out the remainder of former Gov. Kristi Noem’s last term. The Associated Press called the race at 8:08 p.m. Central with Rhoden receiving about 70% […]

Lucy Burdick didn’t really vote in favor of anybody in Tuesday’s runoff election for the South Dakota Republican Party’s nomination for governor. She voted against somebody. “Today we have two choices,” said the 71-year-old Burdick, of Fort Pierre. “Not Toby is who I picked.” She was talking about her opposition to Aberdeen businessman Toby Doeden, […]

Republican South Dakota state Sen. Tom Pischke, of Dell Rapids, ended his reelection campaign Tuesday as he continues to face felony charges for allegedly filing false or forged election-related documents. “I have always prided myself on conducting campaigns with complete transparency on every issue,” said a portion of a statement Pischke sent in response to […]

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress paid tribute to their longtime colleague, the late Republican Sen. Lindsey O. Graham, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Tuesday morning ahead of a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral, where Graham’s close ally President Donald Trump was expected to speak. Heads of state, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]