SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Ravnsborg, Jackley, Seiler: Three viable candidates for attorney general are in play as uncertainty and intrigue swirl around the upcoming race to be South Dakota’s next top legal officer.
The race features an impeached incumbent facing possible removal, a former AG running against him, and a Democrat keeping a close eye on who emerges from the GOP convention in June.
Candidates for attorney general are decided not by voters in the June 7 primary but by delegates at the conventions two weeks later, a process that allows political alliances to loom as large as legal credentials or, in incumbent Jason Ravnsborg’s case, being the subject of a high-profile investigation into a traffic fatality.
Meanwhile, former AG Marty Jackley hopes to win the Republican nomination over Ravnsborg, and former U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler says he would run again as a Democrat if Ravnsborg makes it through to the general election.
In the latest article published by South Dakota News Watch, available here, reporter Stu Whitney sets the stage for what is expected to be intriguing political theater over the coming months in South Dakota.
