South Dakota Politics

South Dakota Governor George Mickelson and 7 others were killed in a plane crash on April 19,1993.

Clinton Anderson was a four term United States Senator and a native of Centerville, South Dakota.

Senator George McGovern accepted the Democrat Presidential nomination in July, 1972.

South Dakota has always had just one Congressperson, right? Wrong! We once had two. In fact, we once had three! So what happened?

Here's another phrase you're going to hear a lot for the next 10 months: Initiated Measure 24. That's the issue that is going to be on your ballot in November that -- if approved -- would ban out-of-state contributions to citizen-initiated campaigns.

Tim Bjorkman, a retired circuit court judge from Salem, will announce his candidacy for Congress on Thursday. I’ve got some advice for Bjorkman.

It's one of the great small South Dakota town's the state is known for. A few dozen less than 500 friendly folks, you should take one of those fun South Dakota road trips and discover this jewel on the prairie. Emery. One of the towns that is the pride of Hanson County, Emery was originally called Farmington...