The Senate race in District 32 will certainly be interesting this November. Establishment Republican Helene Duhamel (recruited by Lee Schoenbeck) was unopposed for the June 2024 primary election. Enter into the arena Republican Karen McNeal, who successfully entered the race for this Senate seat as an Independent, and will take on Duhamel in the general election on 5 Nov 2024. Karen has received support from conservative grassroots republicans working to elect better representation in Pierre.
Here’s today’s dose of the “Duhamel Diaries”…
The 2023 SB207, An Act to provide a penalty for the expenditure of public funds to influence the outcome of an election, was a NAY vote from Duhamel.
Hot Take: Seems Duhamel is cool with public funds being used to influence elections. Sounds like a stance a Democrat would take. She did vote in line with Becky Drury, so that checks out!
In committee she voted in line with her mentor, Sen Lee Schoenbeck. That too, should tell you all you need to know.
You can view the bill, which was signed into law, here: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24345/251099
How criminal!
