Whatever the motivation, Republican’s endorsement of Democrat deserves points for facts and reason

By: Rick Snedeker

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: October 3, 2026

Words: 826

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Since South Dakota’s Republican lame-duck Secretary of State Monae Johnson oddly endorsed the Democrat campaigning to replace her, voters reasonably might wonder: Is she for real?

Even though she has been viewed at times during her tenure as just politically eccentric and confounding, this partisan betrayal was a core taboo, akin to political treason.

Instead of taking this act of apparent partisan infidelity at face value, the current …

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