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SD Legislative Democrats Fall Further Back

SD Legislative Democrats Fall Further Back

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Democrats in the South Dakota legislature will again work with slim numbers in the 2017 session.
Senate Minority leader Billie Sutton of Burke says the election results were disappointing…..

Democrats will control six seats in the Senate, and ten in the House, the lowest total since 1954…………

Sutton says democrats have to do more to get their message out….

Sutton says he will again run for the minority leader position when democrats hold their organizational meetings.

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