Talking with my mom sometime around November 3rd, the elections came up. Her comment to me was that it was a shame that both of the guys running for Senate couldn’t win — they were both well-liked in the state and seemed to be nice guys. I guess this supports that theory: Thune (R) concedes defeat in S.D. Senate race.
Kind of shocking that a senator, no matter how nice a guy would give up on a recount of a result he only lost by 500 votes (especially when the state laws allow it at that point), in ‘the interests of ridding ourself of divisions within the state as soon as possible’.
Admittedly, if he won the recount nothing would really change in the Senate, so it would be a pretty hollow, meaningless, petty victory, but… isn’t that what the Senate is all about?
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In other South Dakota electoral news, the guy that beat me out for ‘Governor’ in the South Dakota State Boys Camp my junior year ran for a State Senate seat this year (he turned around and made me press secretary or something, I think). No idea if he won, but my guess is that eventually he will.
Bryce Healey — sort of David Letterman crossed with Tom Daschle. His name’s going to be in the news for a long time, I think.
