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New Executive Director For South Dakota Democrats

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The South Dakota Democratic Party has a new Executive Director. Suzanne Jones Pranger is an attorney, with degrees from the University of South Dakota, and experience interning for former Senator Tim Johnson, and former Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

Democratic Party Chair Ann Tornberg says Jones-Pranger agreed to the job some time ago…

 

Tornberg says adding a full time Executive Director will let them begin to focus on the 2016 election cycle…

 

Tornberg says they also hired Samual Parkinson as compliance director. She says he will be in charge of financial details…

 

Tornberg says they want to support more county democratic organizations across the state.

 

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