Turnout explained, and more runoff reaction

by Makenzie Huber

Turnout among Republicans in Tuesday’s runoff election fell by about 20,000 voters compared to the June primary — a drop that a University of South Dakota political science professor said was predictable. Participation fell from 43% in June to 36% Tuesday, driven by low motivation, polling that made the race look like a foregone conclusion […]

by Meghan O'Brien

Republican political commentator Pat Powers joins Searchlight Report once again — this time to give his takes on Tuesday’s runoff election for the Republican nomination for governor. Powers has been writing about South Dakota campaigns for more than 20 years on his South Dakota War College blog. Gov. Larry Rhoden won 71% of the vote […]

by Rick Snedeker

Some red flags had already popped up in my mind when I visited the Freedom Truck on July 11 in Huron during its three-day stop in that typical, small, welcoming South Dakota city. But after I experienced it, despite its beautiful, engaging, and by-and-large historically accurate and straightforward design, I soon realized how subtly insidious […]

by Jennifer Shutt

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s most visible public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, declined to answer questions from a U.S. Senate committee in a tense and confrontational hearing Wednesday, citing his Fifth Amendment rights.  Fauci said during a brief opening statement he believed Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman […]