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Democratic Operatives Form New Group

Democratic Operatives Form New Group

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Two longtime democratic political operatives are forming an organization focused on moving issues through the ballot box.

Former South Dakota Senate candidate Rick Weiland says he and Drey Samuelson, former Chief of Staff for Senator Tim Johnson, are forming the group called “Take It Back dot Org.”…

 

Weiland says they are looking at a couple of issues initially in South Dakota…

 

Weiland says they hope their group can cut through the partisanship in the current political landscape…

 

Weiland says the current low approval rating of Congress, and the record low voter turnout last year as reasons for their interest.

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