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In Our Opinion: Noem, Dennert ads miss their marks
Two ill-advised campaign ads have us wondering, "what were they thinking?" A video supporting Rep. Kristi Noem went viral online over the weekend, but not in the way Noem and the state GOP intended. (See video below) The two-and-a-half-minute-long...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, University of Cambridge, Politics, YouTube
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Uphill battle ahead in U.S. House race
American News CorrespondentDuring 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...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Government, Travel, Barack Obama, Elections
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Children would challenge adult ideas at ballot box
dkmarmorstein@yahoo.comWhat do kids think about candidates and issues in the coming election? Tori, a Simmons Middle School sixth-grader, cares about China trade policy. She’d vote Obama because “Romney is trying to get everything made in America, and right now we...Tags: Education, Libertarian Party, Teachers, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Goodbye, McGovern
Associated PressGeorge McGovern made history with his loss of the 1972 presidential election in a historic landslide, but he was praised Friday for galvanizing the Democratic party’s liberal wing and inspiring a new generation to take up his causes. At his...Tags: Bill Clinton, Dennis Daugaard, Bill Walsh, World War II (1939-1945), John Thune
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Notebook: How has SD fared under Obama?
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...Tags: Government, John Thune, Arts and Culture, Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford
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Noem vists Groton biorefinery
knguyen@aberdeennews.comGROTON — Paying attention to domestic sources of renewable energy is a priority, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. said. "We should be incentivizing any energy we can produce here in this country," she said. Noem toured the Poet Biorefining plant in...Tags: Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Biofuels, Politics
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Noem clone could attend meetings
I recently read in the Public Voice (Oct. 17) that the writer thought Rep. Kristi Noem was so effective in Congress that they wished she could be cloned. If there were two Kristi Noems, perhaps one of them could actually attend all those committee... -
Notebook: Will Democrats rise again in SD?
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...Tags: Regional Authority, Voting, Dennis Daugaard, Government, Political Candidates
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House candidates debate taxes, work ethic
Associated PressPIERRE — Republican Rep. Kristi Noem tried to paint Democratic challenger Matt Varilek as a dedicated follower of President Barack Obama, while Varilek accused her of being ineffective and missing meetings during a brisk Friday debate in which they...Tags: Parties and Movements, Voting, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Politics
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During House debate, Varilek ducks Noem's question about Obama
American News CorrespondentRAPID CITY – The last question of their debate Friday might have delivered the defining moment for the two candidates seeking South Dakota’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kristi Noem, the Republican incumbent Kristi Noem, asked...Tags: Voting, John McCain, Politics, Barack Obama, Biography (genre)
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Noem not representing Aberdeen
AberdeenWhen Rep. Kristi Noem was elected I was disappointed to find out that Aberdeen would not have the same kind of representation and service we had from her predecessors. Then I keep reading that Rep. Noem is missing her committee meetings. First it was... -
Noem has lunch with students
Sam Olson, 12, heard her fellow classmates at Aberdeen Roncalli Elementary School complaining about school lunches and set out to do something about it. The sixth-grader wrote letters and sent them to the offices of Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D.; Sen. John...Tags: Education, Elementary Schools, John Thune, Students, Religion and Belief
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