{"id":14213,"date":"2010-04-08T08:13:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T08:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/john-thune-smooth-cattle-ride-to-reelection\/"},"modified":"2010-04-08T08:13:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T08:13:40","slug":"john-thune-smooth-cattle-ride-to-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/john-thune-smooth-cattle-ride-to-reelection.php","title":{"rendered":"John Thune: Smooth Cattle Ride to Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Zm6JXvXXze4\/S7o5lZvXwSI\/AAAAAAAAK1k\/MeDhQ8Pq7Hw\/s1600\/JohnThuneSD.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d41a8_JohnThuneSD.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>No Democrat files against him<\/strong><\/p><p>Looks like Republican Senator John Thune will be unopposed for reelection.  In a further sign that Democrats are losing big in the all-important candidate recruitment game, not a single Democrat has filed against him.  <\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankton.net\/articles\/2010\/04\/02\/news\/doc4bb576acd9bc3030872173.txt\">The Yankton Press &amp; Dakotan<\/a> (h\/t Rightosphere and NRO):<\/p><blockquote><p>PIERRE &mdash; South Dakota Democrats have failed to find a candidate to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune.<\/p><p>Democratic Party officials had acknowledged earlier they might not find anyone to run against Thune, a popular politician who is seeking a second term in the Senate. The lack of a Democratic candidate became official Thursday when election officials posted the final list of candidates who submitted nominating petitions to run for statewide offices and the Legislature in the June primary.<\/p><p>State Senate Minority Leader Scott Heidepriem of Sioux Falls, the Democratic candidate for governor, said the party decided not to field a candidate in a futile race against Thune.<\/p><p>&ldquo;We just concluded that John Thune is an extremely popular senator who is going to win another term in the Senate,&rdquo; Heidepriem said.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>A Libertarian Party or Constitution Party candidate might not have any luck against Thune either.  His 2009 National Taxpayer Union (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntu.org\/on-capitol-hill\/ntu-rates-congress\/members\/senate\/john-thune.html\">NTU<\/a>) score was a solid 'A' 92 points out of 100.  This made him the 12th ranked \"Taxpayer's Best Friend,\" in the entire US Senate.<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/d41a8_7828681836623105417-7593128924619360534?l=libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Democrat files against himLooks like Republican Senator John Thune will be unopposed for reelection. In a further sign that Democrats are losing big in the all-important candidate recruitment game, not a single Democrat has filed against him. 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