South Dakota’s long, strange trip with Monae Johnson

By: Dana Hess

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 819

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Recent events have some South Dakota Republicans questioning the integrity of “election integrity” enthusiast Monae Johnson. This happened after the secretary of state endorsed a Democrat who’s running for election to her office.

Johnson’s election as secretary of state and her tenure there has been a long, strange trip. At the 2022 Republican convention, she unseated incumbent Steve Barnett by disparaging as too risky his emphasis on technology to implement online voting and online …

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