Christine Erickson

I went to a Chamber Mixer and it turned into a Mayoral announcement

l3wis July 23, 2025 12Comments

Besides Erickson announcing her mayoral candidacy today, she also said she is engaged (to another human being Heels pulled all the stops, besides having the entire board of directors from the Chamber there in support, she had many current and former local politicians there, including Greg Neitzert (I am going to assume he will be assisting the campaign in one way or another, or maybe considering an At-Large run for council? I wondered why I haven’t gotten any short story texts from him in awhile? As for Christine herself, she looked like she hit the salon and the spa right after the gym, damn, she looked good! Pay attention future candidates! Hit the gym NOW! If Christine does become mayor, she will make many precedents; First female mayor, First city councilor to be elected mayor, and first Single mayor? Though she staged some engagement

Let’s not fool ourselves, we should just have the election for mayor next week and install the winner next year, why waste a year of our time when we know who the next mayor will be. I hate the predictability of this city, but you know what they say; Sh!t in, Sh!t out.

*This is in no way an endorsement of Erickson. I even told folks that I may undervote in the mayoral race. I am going to try to remain as neutral as possible with all the candidates. I think Jamie and Joe are great candidates that need to be explored also, but we know how this goes by now folks.

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Erickson’s Announcement

l3wis July 20, 2025 4Comments

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Erickson to run for mayor

l3wis July 11, 2025 14Comments

Well, it hasn’t been a secret that Christine Erickson is running for mayor. She confirmed the news with me over a month ago but was working out logistics before announcing. We actually had a long and productive conversation. I pretty much told her it was ‘hers to lose’ unless some dark horse business person announces. I also asked her feelings about working with council and she pretty much said she will stay out of their way unless they ask for assistance from the mayor’s office. Now, granted, all mayoral candidates say that, and never deliver, because the power goes straight to their heads and it irks them that 8 part-time councilors are telling them how to run a city. They are not, they are proposing a framework you should follow. I think Christine will be more sympathetic because of her legislative and council experience. But, she knows all the tricks on how to hide things from council. I’m not sure who else will announce. Beck and Huether still seem to be hold outs, at this point, and many others have said they will likely NOT run. Former DTSF director, Joe Batcheller will also likely announce soon.

*I assisted Erickson in the past on FREE youth public transit initiative and school start date initiative.

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Sioux Falls Mayoral Race update

l3wis May 28, 2025 2Comments

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.

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Mayoral Race shakeup?

l3wis March 1, 2025 10Comments

Since we last discussed this here was the short list of potential or rumored candidates running for mayor;

Mike Huether

Curt Soehl

Rich Merkouris

Alex Jensen

David Z

Erica Beck

Christine Erickson

Marshall (Mr. Illegally living out of his district) Selberg

Well, the shakeup is interesting. I guess Beck has decided to NOT run which put Mastor Poops in a tizzy to find a NEW recruit, apparently he must make sure his horrible policy decisions continue in a good prosperity gospel candidate. He found someone, and they are a nobody, well in the public square sense. They are the president of a local company I have never heard of. Of course, I will not share his name yet, because we truly don’t know until they announce and I will do some digging to find out more about this white, christian, male in his late 40’s. Sound familiar? I hope in next year’s city election folks wake up and realize this current mayor sucks dog do do and anyone he would recruit or endorse will likely go down in flames. Maybe Beck realized this, or maybe she wants to keep her very lucrative job? (Her pay and benefits would be cut in HALF if she became mayor).

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