Looking back, there has to be some reason why the first-place finisher in South Dakota’s Republican governor primary failed so miserably in the runoff. Aberdeen businessman Toby Doeden finished first in the primary in a four-candidate field with 31% of the vote, setting up a runoff with Gov. Larry Rhoden, who finished second with 25%. […]

Throughout my career in journalism, as an editorial writer and now as a columnist, I never seriously considered belonging to a political party. As an opinion writer, those political parties were subjects and sometimes targets but never any place I wanted to call home. My voter registration as an independent was something I wore like […]

South Dakota’s first statewide runoff election is Tuesday. Leading up to the polls opening, Searchlight Report host Meghan O’Brien takes listeners back to the beginning of the campaigns for the Republican nomination for governor, through debates and polling and to the final days leading up to Election Day. After a close four-way race, political outsider […]

SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana voters will head to the polls Saturday to decide several high-stakes runoff races following the state's recent party primaries. The ballot features major federal matchups alongside critical municipal decisions and local funding measures across the state.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana voters will head to the polls Saturday, June 27, to decide several high-stakes runoff races following the state's recent party primaries. The ballot features major federal matchups alongside critical municipal decisions and local funding measures across the state.