Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

PIERRE - Ten years ago, he almost didn't run for governor. His friendly, homespun campaign proved to be the right answer in an ugly time. Mike Rounds no longer is the underdog. Now, he is the intimidator. No longer governor because of term limits,...

Ten years ago he almost didn’t run for governor. His friendly, homespun campaign proved to be the right answer in an ugly time. Mike Rounds no longer is the underdog. Now he is the intimidator. No longer governor because of term limits, he set...

South Dakota is a state where a woman was elected only once to Congress in the first 112 years of statehood and where a woman has never been elected governor.  But a woman has now won the statewide seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in five...

During the past half-century something mildly odd has taken hold in South Dakota’s statewide elections.  Losers almost always refuse to run again against the candidates who beat them, no matter if the margin of defeat was relatively small, not even...

There was a plethora of big-name politicians at the Thursday prayer service and Friday funeral for George McGovern.  Several prominent Democrats were in the audience Thursday: Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Tim Johnson, who spoke of his friendship with...

Based on historical trends and recent polling, there seems little chance that a majority of South Dakota voters will mark their ballots this year for the re-election of President Barack Obama. The deeper question is how South Dakota has fared during the...

Eulogizing people who have lived lives of public service is important work. In fact, I'd argue, it's one of the most important jobs a journalist does.  It's never easy to call folks in the wake of another's death. Even if the person you're calling and...

Based on their weak registration of voters there shouldn’t be much hope for Democrats in South Dakota’s general elections this fall, especially after the near-total rejection of Democratic candidates in 2010.   Yet in recent weeks a surge of...

 PIERRE — The number 19,134 is maybe the most important in the U.S. House of Representatives election this fall for South Dakota’s solo seat.  That’s how many votes B. Thomas Marking received in the 2010 House election.  A retired...

It stands to reason that in a heated political race, the challenger usually wants to debate, while the incumbent might be more reluctant. The challenger has nothing to lose and only gains credibility by debating. The challenger, generally, has no...

Ralph Stiles, the grandfather of former U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., has died. Stiles, of Aberdeen, was 90, according to his death notice. He died Friday at Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community, according to the death notice. He...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Raven Industries has named former South Dakota congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin as the company's attorney and vice president for corporate development. Herseth Sandlin has worked as a partner in a Washington, D.C.,...