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SD Senate Candidate Has Big Challenge Ahead

SD Senate Candidate Has Big Challenge Ahead

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Dan Ahlers of Dell Rapids is the democratic challenger to republican incumbent Senator Mike Rounds in the fall.

Ahlers says he has been able to win against favorites in the past..

In the last campaign finance report, Rounds had just under two million dollars in the bank. Ahlers says he knows he will be outspent….

Ahlers says he will be efficient in spending his campaign donations….

In the same reporting period, Ahlers had just under fifty thousand dollars available.

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