Sioux Falls Mayoral Race update

Jamie Smith announced today, while David Z. announced a few weeks ago. Also, Christine Erickson and Joe Batchellor will announce soon. But there are some big maybes. There is a regular guy exploring the run, If I told you his name you wouldn’t know him, but I look forward to hearing more about his campaign. Soehl is out and is supporting Erickson. Alex Jensen had to sell his business and start a new job, so he is out. Selberg is a gigantic maybe, and if he doesn’t want us to drag up him illegally living out of his district, he would be wise NOT to run. There are three other big maybes; Erica Beck, Mike Huether and Rich Merkouris. My guess is Huether is NOT in and will run as independent for governor, escaping the messy primaries. Aberson is also out. To be honest with you, I would like to see more women running. I told Erickson recently that if she won she would have two precedents under her belt, first female mayor and first city councilor to be elected mayor of Sioux Falls. I’m not in any camp right now, simply because I think we will see many more candidates running, so I am a wait and see. I also think with the economy and SF biggest campaign donor to local races, Craig Lloyd’s passing we will see a different ball game in money spent and money raised. Which is good, would love to see a local race on the issues not just who buys the most Facebook ads.