The South Dakota Democratic Party announced the hiring of Stacey Burnette as their new Executive Director this week. Burnette, of Sioux Falls, had worked previously for former Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.
Democrats currently hold no statewide offices and have a small minority in the legislature. Burnette says that is their starting point…
Burnette says she will focus most of her attention on recruiting and encouraging candidates…
Burnette says most of their fundraising will go to grassroots recruiting….
Burnette joins party Chair Paula Hawks, who started her job on May first.
