Posted on 05/13/2013 5:42:57 PM PDT by george76
Herseth Sandlin passes on Senate run, leaving Republicans with early edge to win seat.
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Democrats had targeted the onetime congresswoman, who served from 2004 to 2011, as their top recruit in a seat currently held by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson. Even if Johnson had decided to run for another term, Republicans would have considered the solidly-Republican state one of their top pickup opportunities of the 2014 election.
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The state's former GOP governor, Mike Rounds, has already declared he will seek the Republican Party's nomination. While Rounds announced his campaign early and has high name-identification in the state, he got off to a slow fundraising start.
Rick Weiland, a former aide to Sen. Tom Daschle, is the only declared candidate in the race for the Democrats
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an airhead with a pretty face.
Daschle is STILL deeply disturbed.
Johnson voted for gun control, but may not have known it.
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