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Bad Lands: Why do the Dakotas vote for Dems?
'It's hard to explain, and I don't think there's an easy answer," says Rep. John Thune, Republican from South Dakota. It's late on a recent Friday afternoon, and Thune is discussing his state's politics as he begins the long drive from Rapid City to Sioux Falls, where he'll take part in a forum on energy prices the next day. Heading across the prairie, he's found a spot near the town of Wall-population 818, not counting tourists-where he can make a scratchy, fading cell-phone connection to Washington.
The question for which Thune has no easy answer is this: In the nation's capital, party loyalty is a fairly simple thing. Republicans support President Bush and ...
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- South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle Says Deficit Could Eat Away at State Projects.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 8, 2001 700+ words
...American News, Aberdeen, S.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 8--It's not time to panic, but Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., is concerned about what impact a possible budget deficit could have on projects across the state. Daschle...
- Chief Stevens of the Sioux challenges S.D. Sen. Daschle to public debate on...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 6, 1988 700+ words
...formally challenging Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to a national...land in the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Sioux Indians. Stevens...matter between the state of South Dakota and the Sioux nation. Therefore...inappropriate for a senator from South Dakota to ...