Group founded by candidate publishes ‘voter guide’ purporting to be from ‘watchdog organization’

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 431

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Republican voters in South Dakota recently received text messages directing them to “the official Republican Voter Guide for the upcoming election,” with a link to a webpage that purports to be from “a policy watchdog organization” providing information about where each candidate for governor “stands on taxes, spending and South Dakota’s future.”

In reality, the text messages and the webpage are products of a political action committee founded and partially funded by …

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