Republicans choose State Sen. Larry Diedrich to run against Herseth

[mndemocrat_29]

Here's the article: http://www.argusleader.com/update/Saturdayarticle4.shtml

Republicans nominated state Sen. Larry Diedrich of Elkton today to run in the June 1 special election for South Dakota's seat in the House of Representatives.

Diedrich won the nomination on fourth ballot after two of the three Minnehaha County delegates pledged to him their support. That decision gave him enough votes to win and prompted the withdrawal of Larry Russell of Sioux Falls, a former aid to U.S. Rep. John Thune, who was the last of the seven challengers to step aside.

Diedrich will face Democrat Stephanie Herseth of Brookings in the June special election. The seat was vacated by the resignation of Rep. Bill Janklow, who was convicted last month of second-degree manslaughter in connection with an August traffic accident.

The race between Diedrich and Herseth will determine who serves the remaining seven months of Janklow's term. The general election in November will decide who gets a full two-year term beginning in January.

[ButterflyBlood]

1. Herseth should be able to win with her name recognition

and the slap on the wrist Janklow got should mobilize pissed off Democrats.

Whoever wins this will be in a shoo-in in the main election since there's no time to get a candidate and start a whole new campaign.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. I saw the debate between Herseth and Janklow

on CSPAN (just happened to be flipping channels). She looked good, but really young and a bit tense in comparison to "jovial Grandpa" Janklow.

I hope that she does better against this new Republican.

[ButterflyBlood]

3. look at her. she should be able to get 70% of the male vote, no problem!

:)