Washington Insiders Handicapping South Dakota U-S Senate Race

A major article on the national web site Politico.com outlines the dynamics shaping up for the 2014 South Dakota Senate race.  In it, the authors make the assumption that incumbent democratic Senator Tim Johnson will soon announce his retirement, and that his son, current US Attorney Brendan Johnson would jump into the race.  Manu Raju, one of the writers, says national democratic officials want to hang on to the seat…

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Raju says DC democrats are focusing on one potential candidate…

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Raju says the South Dakota Senate race is guaranteed to get national attention…

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Former republican Governor Mike Rounds has already announced his intentions to run for the position.