Media coverage of South Dakota political races in The Sioux City Argus-Leader


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Civil Rights     Gordon Howie: Gays and lesbians choose to live outside the laws of God.     Gordon Howie: Civil unions and equal rights for gays, but not marriage.     Larry Pressler: Filed legal brief to overturn S.D.'s gay marriage ban.     Mike Rounds: Legal contracts for gay couples, but not marriage.

Corporations     Rick Weiland: Immigration problem from profits from cheap immigrant labor.

Drugs     Billie Sutton: We're not going to incarcerate our way out of this.     Dusty Johnson: Support federal drug courts & treatment for opioids.     Marty Jackley: Congress has failed us on drugs; keep drug dealers out.     Marty Jackley: Bolster rehabilitation and mental health programs for drugs.     Larry Rhoden: Operation: Prairie Thunder achieve record drug bust.

Education     Daniel Ahlers: Improve educational services for deaf children.     Dennis Daugaard: School Sentinels: let schools arm volunteer defenders.     Mike Rounds: Voted for to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.     Scyller Borglum: Rural education initiative: address gaps in education.

Energy & Oil     Gordon Howie: Congress should pass laws benefiting the oil & gas industry.     Larry Pressler: Immediate increase of 12 cents per gallon in the gas tax.     Mike Rounds: Tax energy exploration on federal land instead of gas tax.     Rick Weiland: End subsidies to big oil companies, instead of gas tax.

Government Reform     Daniel Ahlers: Establish commission for legislative redistricting.

Gun Control     Billie Sutton: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.     Billie Sutton: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.     Daniel Ahlers: Vetoed allowing concealed carry of guns at state capitol.     Dennis Daugaard: Vetoed allowing concealed carry of guns at state capitol.     Dusty Johnson: Funding for mental health services to lower gun violence.     Steven Haugaard: Allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.     Jamie R. Smith: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.

Health Care     Dusty Johnson: Give states access to waivers; test out healthcare models.     Scyller Borglum: Oppose Medicare-for-all and replace ObamaCare.     Scyller Borglum: Against Medicare for All; replace ObamaCare.

Homeland Security     Daniel Ahlers: Helped fund the new State Veteran's Cemetery.

Immigration     Mike Rounds: Border security first, then a limited path to citizenship.     Rick Weiland: Border security and a path to citizenship at the same time.     Scyller Borglum: Commonsense approach to immigration, with border wall.     Scyller Borglum: Build the wall, close refugee loopholes.

Principles & Values     Scyller Borglum: What it means to be conservative is eroding.

Social Security     Dusty Johnson: Push back age on Social Security for younger citizens.

Tax Reform     Dusty Johnson: Tax Reform 2.0: take time to craft right policy.     Jay Williams: A call for rationality: Tax is NOT a dirty word.     Jay Williams: Pushed for $1.4M property tax to fund school operations.     Larry Rhoden: Take "the pledge" and remove flexibility.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Billie Sutton South Dakota Democratic candidate for governor Sou Daniel Ahlers Democratic Senate challenger South Dakota Dennis Daugaard South Dakota Republican Governor Dusty Johnson South Dakota Republican Challenger Gordon Howie Independent Senate Challenger South Dakota Jamie R. Smith South Dakota Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Jay Williams Democratic Senate candidate South Dakota Larry Pressler Independent Challenger South Dakota Larry Rhoden South Dakota Governor of South Dakota Marty Jackley South Dakota Republican candidate for Attorney General Mike Rounds South Dakota Former Republican Governor (2002-2010) Rick Weiland Democratic Challenger South Dakota Scyller Borglum Republican 2020 Senate Challenger South Dakota Steven Haugaard South Dakota Republican candidate for Governor