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Democrats Need More Candidates

Democrats Need More Candidates

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Potential legislative candidates in South Dakota have to get their paperwork into the Secretary of State’s Office by 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday) to get into the election cycle.

As of Friday, democrats have filed for ten of thirty five Senate seats and eighteen of seventy House seats.

Democratic Party Executive Director Zach Crago says they have been actively working to find candidates…

 

Crago says they have been working on filling critical slots….

 

Crago says they hope to have about as many candidates as they did in 2012…

 

Republicans as of Friday had twenty seven Senate filings and forty three for House seats. Those numbers will rapidly change today and tomorrow as more candidates get their paperwork in to Pierre.

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