Remember when Rec MJ passed and the idiot governor at the time convinced some hillbilly deputies to challenge the law. Probably one of the biggest C— moves of her entire political career, though what she is doing in Minneapolis right now isn’t exactly resume building work. (unless you are trying to get a permanent residence at a Federal Prison).
Either way, all the rural counties were crying because Rapid and Sux floated the victory on that.
Which brings us to city elections, which on paper are non-partisan, but they really are NOT.
Since Munson the run-off election for mayor has always had a blue candidate and and a red candidate with the RED candidate candidate winning ALMOST every time
WINNER – LOSER
Munson vs. Brown
Munson vs. Halverson
Huether vs. Staggers
Huether vs. Jamison
TenHaken vs. Loetscher
TenHaken vs. Islam
Huether was the only candidate to flip the scales, but as you can see the Red Candidate has a better record of winning by 100%.
So it is obvious to me, there are only 4 scenarios in the runoff;
Jamison vs. Smith
Jamison vs. Batcheller
Erickson vs. Smith
Erickson vs. Batcheller
I don’t see a matchup between Jamison and Erickson.
The political landscape these days is in total chaos right now so I could be wrong, but in the past 6 mayoral elections there has always been a left and right candidate because Sux is purple. Honestly, I would rather see a matchup between Erickson and Jamison, but I don’t see that happening. Jamison is pretty moderate and actually gets razzed by his caucus for being purple, Erickson is a moderate, but she tries to wear the MAGA hat sometimes, which is annoying. I just don’t see two moderate Republicans battling it out in the runoff.
And if I was Jamie and Joe, I would be trying to knock the other one out, Jamison and Erickson aren’t your biggest competitors. I think Jamison understands he needs to knock Erickson out in the first round or it is lights out for him.
Like I said, norms could be broken this time around, which I welcome, but I’m pretty sure our next mayor will be Republican, I HOPE Sioux Falls proves me wrong and elects David Z. I think having a Zombie as a mayor would be an improvement, a hundred fold.
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