To: William Creel
Politics1 has a ton of GOP names supposedly intereted in the seat.
Larry Diedrich (R) - State Sen.
Barb Everist (R) - Ex-State Sen.
Ray Hadley (R) - Rapid City Councilman, US Postal Service Employee & USAF Veteran
Gary Hanson (R) - Ex-Sioux Falls Mayor
Mark Mickelson (R) - Attorney & Accountant
Bill Peterson (R) - State House Majority Leader
Larry Pressler (R) - Ex-US Senator, Ex-Congressman, Attorney & Vietnam War Veteran
Larry Russell (R) - Ex-Congressional Aide
John Thune (R) - Ex-Congressman & '02 Nominee
Ron Williamson (R) - State Rep. & Businessman
37 posted on
12/08/2003 4:07:28 PM PST by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
(What does it say on the bottom of Coke bottles at DU? It says "Open Other End.")
To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Barb's hubby is close to Bush/Rove. Expect her to get the Rove push. She's got at least 10 different things that make her a great candidate.
61 posted on
12/08/2003 4:23:49 PM PST by
GraniteStateConservative
("He's got to win in '04. No one else can prosecute this war like he can."- Cpt. J. Morrison, Baghdad)
To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
Some good possible candidates, but one point about SD politics is the "west river" factor. People clearly connected to Sioux Falls--e.g. former Sioux Falls mayor Gary Hanson, Sioux Falls business woman Barb Everest etc. will not gain GOP votes much west of Highway 81 and certainly not west of the Missouri River. To the west river folk Sioux Falls is a suburb of Minneapolis and not representative of the rest of the state. The further west in the state the stronger the sense of distance from Sioux Falls.
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