Kent Juhnke

PIERRE - Factors such as voter registration, issues and personality can contribute to the outcome of an election, but having more money was a common denominator for more than two-thirds of the winning candidates Tuesday in contested races for seats in the...

Many things such as voter registration, issues and personality can contribute to the outcome of an election. But having more money was a common denominator for more than two-thirds of the winning candidates Tuesday in contested races for seats in the...

Most incumbents rolled to victories Tuesday in their re-election bids for the South Dakota Legislature. But a very big name in Democratic politics lost, Democrats gained at least two seats in the Senate, Republicans gained two seats in the House of...

PIERRE — Politicians hoping to win high office down the road have long spread money to other campaigns along the way in the hope of engendering good will. The latest is former Gov. Mike Rounds. The "Peter Norbeck" political action committee that...

 PIERRE  — November is still four months away, yet nearly one-third of the 35 men and women who will be members of the South Dakota Senate for the new term starting in 2013 are already elected.  Those 11 don’t have opponents in the November...

 PIERRE — The candidate filing deadline arrived Tuesday evening for the June 5 primary elections, and voters in many parts of South Dakota will be in for some wild rides in contests for the Legislature.  Secretary of State Jason Gant can still...

The state Senate marked Valentine’s Day by approving more than $31 million in one-time bonuses for state government employees and millions of dollars in other additional spending Tuesday.  Senators also put their OK on $27 million of one-time extra...

The Legislature’s committee on redistricting agreed on plans Tuesday intended to preserve or increase opportunities for American Indian people to be elected as state senators and representatives. The recommendations would reshape three...

Real Democrats don't whine. They fight. They figure out how to win in South Dakota. They elect people such as Tom Daschle and Tim Johnson and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to Congress, and Dick Butler and Curt Johnson and Bryce Healy and Steve Kolbeck and...

 PIERRE — Benny Gross, who represented the Sully County area for 18 straight years in the Legislature during the era before term limits, has died. He was 92.  Gross, who died Friday at St. Mary Hospital in Pierre, was a Republican from Onida. Only...

County governments would be allowed to issue an unlimited number of on-sale liquor licenses to licensed hunting preserves in South Dakota, the state House of Representatives decided Monday.  House members voted 60-10 to give final legislative approval....

Gov. Dennis Daugaard ran into yet more difficulty Tuesday from members of the Legislature, this time on one of his proposed budget cuts.  The issue was the 10 percent reduction Daugaard recommended for state aid to sparsely populated school districts....