Billionaire-Funded National Group Seeks to Influence Voters in South Dakota Runoff Election

Billionaire-funded national groups seek to influence voters in South Dakota runoff election

Some political postcards mailed to voters financed by national groups

Rhoden Reveals Runoff Fundraising Figure; Doeden Keeps Cash Secret

The runoff has revealed a gap in South Dakota’s campaign finance laws: candidates don’t have to file any updates on their campaign donations and expenditures before the runoff! We require candidates to file pre-election reports 15 days before a primary and a general election, and during those last 15 days before the vote, we require candidates to file supplemental reports documenting any new contributions of $500 or more [SDCL 12-27-28]. But we …

Billionaire-funded national group seeks to influence voters in South Dakota runoff election

South Dakota Searchlight reports a super PAC funded by billionaire Jeffrey Yass financed postcards attacking Gov. Larry Rhoden ahead of Tuesday’s GOP runoff election.

National Group Seeks To Influence Voters In South Dakota Runoff Election

Some of the political postcards mailed to South Dakota voters in the week ahead of Tuesday’s runoff election for the Republican nomination for governor are financed by a national group that received all of its recent contributions from a Pennsylvania…

Toby Doeden profile: A bitcoin evangelist and anti-property-tax crusader who seeks South Dakota’s governorship

Toby Doeden says he was born into poverty but climbed out of it through salesmanship, risk-taking and the force of his personality. He thinks those same traits could rescue South Dakota, a state he says needs saving. The 51-year-old Republican businessman, landlord, developer, entrepreneur and bitcoin investor has put at least $4 million of his own money into his campaign for governor, according to campaign finance reports. It’s his first run fo…