South Dakota GOP election official backs Democrat to succeed her

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White House Headlines - September 22, 2026

White House Headlines - September 22, 2026

South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson (R) said Saturday she supports Democratic candidate Terrence Davis in the race to succeed her, breaking with her party’s backing of Republican nominee Heather Baxter.

Johnson lost the GOP nomination to Baxter at the state’s Republican convention in June

“The secretary of state must consider the law, the information available, the effect on county officials, the security of statewide systems, the rights of voters, the cost and workload created by a change, and whether the proposal can be implemented within the deadlines the law requires,” she wrote in a column published by the conservative blog South Dakota War College.

Johnson added that the job “also requires a willingness to review new information and change course when the evidence supports doing so.” She wrote that Davis’s background includes experience working in law........

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