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Crago Statement: Noem votes against opening government, avoiding default
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Contacts: Zach Crago, zach@sddp.org Crago Statement: Noem votes against opening...
Oct 16, 2013
Washington Post: Rep. Noem faces natural and political disaster after South Dakota blizzard
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Contact: South Dakota Democratic Party headquarters, 605-271-5405. Noem draws...
Oct 16, 2013
Brutal Headlines for Noem Two Weeks Into #GOPshutdown
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Contacts: Zach Crago, zach@sddp.org , 605-271-5405 Brutal Headlines for...
Oct 15, 2013
SDDP Chair Deb Knecht calls on Noem to end GOP shutdown after devastating cattle losses from October
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 10, 2013 Sioux Falls, SD (October 10, 2013) – With cattle losses mounting west river after a...
Oct 10, 2013
Noem’s GOP Shutdown
For the first time in 17 years, Congresswoman Kristi Noem just shut down the government. Starting today, families will find that national...
Oct 1, 2013
Johnson Receives NFU’s “Friend of the Family Farmer” Lifetime Achievement Award
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today received the National Farmers Union’s (NFU) 2013 “Friend of the Family Farmer”...
Sep 10, 2013
Minimum Wage Petition Drive to Kick-off on Labor Day
Sioux Falls, SD (August 29, 2013) – The South Dakota Democratic Party and its partners in the labor community will kick off the petition...
Aug 30, 2013
South Dakota Democratic Party & Partners File Initiated Measure to Raise the Minimum Wage
The South Dakota Democratic Party and its partners in the labor community have filed language with the Attorney General for an initiated...
Jul 17, 2013
Chairman Ben Nesselhuf Resigns for New Position
South Dakota Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf is resigning as Chair and Executive Director to accept a new job closer to his wife...
Jul 2, 2013
Nesselhuf Statement on DOMA Supreme Court Ruling
South Dakota Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf released the following statement after the US Supreme Court struck down the Defense...
Jun 26, 2013
Thune Puts Anti-Agriculture Conservatives Above South Dakota Farmers
South Dakota Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf released the following statement after Senator John Thune abandoned South Dakota’s...
Jun 11, 2013
Governor Daugaard’s “Anything But Education” Agenda
South Dakota Democratic legislators are looking for some accountability after Governor Daugaard’s $5 million Manpower giveaway is failing...
May 29, 2013
Who’s Paying for Republicans at ALEC convention this weekend?
Who’s paying for a group of South Dakota Republican legislators attending the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Spring Task...
May 3, 2013
Editorial: Thank you, Sen. Tim Johnson
Chairman’s Note: We join the Argus Leader editorial board in thanking Senator Tim Johnson for all he has done for South Dakota and for...
Mar 28, 2013
Nesselhuf to Daugaard: Rescind Rounds’ Campaign Aide Appointment to State Board of Economic De
Sioux Falls, SD (Jan. 3, 2013) – South Dakota Democratic Party Chairman Ben Nesselhuf released the following statement after Rob...
Jan 3, 2013
Democrats: State adds employees, leaving schools and nursing homes behind
Pierre, SD (December 5, 2012) – Democratic Appropriations committee members pointed out today that Governor Dennis Daugaard’s budget...
Dec 5, 2012
Democrats: Budget Could Hurt State Economy
Pierre, SD (December 4, 2012) – Democratic leaders said the state budget proposed today by Gov. Dennis Daugaard looks out for the...
Dec 4, 2012
Democrats Make Medicaid Expansion Top Budget Priority
Pierre, SD (November 30, 2012) – Health care is a “life and death” issue for South Dakota, and making the federal reforms work for South...
Nov 30, 2012
Nesselhuf Statement on Mike Rounds Running for US Senate
South Dakota Democratic Party Chairman Ben Nesselhuf released the following statement after former Governor Mike Rounds announced he...
Nov 29, 2012
On Election Eve, a Republican Legislator Reveals the GOP’s Secrecy and Lack of Democracy
Sioux Falls, SD (Nov. 3, 2012) – Back room meetings. Secret decisions. Silenced legislators. This is just the beginning of allegations...
Nov 3, 2012
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