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Fourteen Year High for Democratic Candidate Totals
In 2002*, the South Dakota Democratic Party fielded 68 candidates for the state legislature. In 2004*, the SDDP fielded 71 candidates. For the 2006 election the South Dakota Democratic Party is pleased to announce it will be fielding candidates to compete for 94 legislative seats. This is a net gain of 26 candidates in four years. With primaries, the total number of candidates is well over 100.
?I?m ecstatic,? said SDDP Chairwoman Judy Olson Duhamel. ?Not only by the quantity of candidates, but by the quality.?
Olson Duhamel pointed to several factors that contributed to the high turnout of Democratic candidates.
?Overall, there?s a general sense that this abusive, one-party rule in Pierre
Olson Duhamel continued. ?South Dakotans are hungry for leadership. Democrats are promising a return to the meat and potatoes values of a good education for our kids, quality and affordable health care, economic development for our farmers and rural areas, better jobs and wages, and open and accountable government.?
?It?s important to highlight that even though it all starts with the candidates, there?s been an enormous recruiting effort. The recruitment committees for Minnehaha and Pennington Counties
* Numbers compiled from final legislative results from the SD Secretary of State?s web site.
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