BY SEN. BEN NESSELHUF
The Senate was busy this week taking final action on all remaining Senate bills as Tuesday was cross-over day, the day all bills must pass the house of origin. With only two weeks left in the 2010 legislative session, the budget has become the major priority of the Legislature and the debate over the budget is beginning to intensify. Read More »
Watch the interview Ben did this morning with John Pedersen from the School Administrators of South Dakota. They discussed the status of many bills that relate to education. [VIDEO]
BY SEN. BEN NESSELHUF
The Legislature just finished its sixth week of the 2010 legislative session. The Legislature has begun to consider more bills that have the potential to greatly impact the lives of the people of South Dakota.
As always, education has become a top priority of mine this Legislative session. Read More »
The numbers on the 2009 campaign finance report show Sen. Ben Nesselhuf of Vermillion wasn’t coasting into his 2010 run for the Democratic nomination for South Dakota secretary of state. He raised $40,469 and spent $21,846 for the year. That’s a lot of green. Read More »
Ben Nesselhuf, candidate for Secretary of State, reported impressive fundraising numbers and leads all candidates for Secretary of State with close to $41,000 raised. Read More »
Ben Nesselhuf, candidate for Secretary of State, reported impressive fundraising numbers and leads all candidates for Secretary of State with close to $41,000 raised.
“I think that this is indicative of the support we have received from every corner of South Dakota. Clearly people are responding to our message of providing more open government and ensuring every citizen’s right to vote.” Nesselhuf, a state senator from Vermillion said.
Senator Nesselhuf raised more than all other Secretary of State Candidates combined. The Nesselhuf campaign received over 230 contributions from over 50 communities in South Dakota.
The reports are filed in the S.D. Secretary of State’s office in Pierre and show totals of all candidate contributions and expenditures during calendar year 2009.
Larry Dalhstrom, a retired Lutheran minister from Rapid City and the Nesselhuf campaign treasurer said “We couldn’t be more excited about this campaign. Ben is a breath of fresh air in the Secretary of State campaign and people see that new energy.”
Sioux Falls would have to work incredibly hard to produce a poorer performance than the 3.55 percent voter turnout for last year’s school board election. Read More »
By a 3-to-1 ratio, South Dakotans say campaign finance disclosure laws, such as the one state Rep. Roger Hunt skirted in 2006, provide valuable information for voters. The minority say those laws violate a donor’s right to free speech. Read More »
It’s a club without a clubhouse, a nebulous place where money buys access and details are hard to find.
The Governor’s Club has been a discrete part of political fundraising in South Dakota for more than 30 years. For a $1,000 donation, contributors buy a place at the table – and a position of potential influence – with South Dakota’s governor at club events that are not open to the general public. Read More »
Millions of dollars have flown through the Governor’s Club over the years but how and where the money has been spent is unclear. Read More »