South Dakota runoff election spawns another reluctant ‘RINO’

By: Dana Hess

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: July 26, 2026

Words: 640

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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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 a badge of honor. If I was registered as an independent, I figured I could take shots at either party …

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