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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Legislative voting records for South Dakota House and Senate
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from SD legislative records (number of quotes indicated):
- Billie Sutton (7) South Dakota Democratic candidate for governor Sou
- Daniel Ahlers (6) Democratic Senate challenger South Dakota
- Dennis Daugaard (4) South Dakota Republican Governor
- Jamie R. Smith (3) South Dakota Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger
- Joel Dykstra (4) Republican Challenger (2008) South Dakota
- Nancy Turbak Berry (7) Withdrew as 2010 Dem. challenger; currently State Senator South Dakota
- Scyller Borglum (2) Republican 2020 Senate Challenger South Dakota
- Steven Haugaard (5) South Dakota Republican candidate for Governor
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South Dakota state legislative voting records, including these candidates:
SD-D Jamie Smith, 2022 nominee for Governor
Minority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives, 2019 -
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, 15th district, 2017 –
- SD-R Steven Haugaard, candidate for governor 2022
Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives. 2019-2021
Speaker pro tempore of the South Dakota House of Representatives, 2017-2019
Member, South Dakota House of Representatives, 10th district, since 2015
- SD-D Billie Sutton - 2018 Gubernatorial nominee
Member of the South Dakota Senate, 21st district, 2011--2018
Minority Leader of the South Dakota Senate, 2015--2018
- SD-D Daniel Ahlers - Senate Challenger 2020
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 25th district 2006-2008 and 2017–2019
Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 25th district, 2008–2010
- SD-R Joel Dykstra - Senate Challenger 2008
Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 16th district 2003–2009
- SD-D Nancy Turbak Berry - 2010 Senate challenger
Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 5th district 2006–2010
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Billie Sutton: Require counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
Billie Sutton: Require counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
Daniel Ahlers: Oppose requiring counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
Dennis Daugaard: Require counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
Joel Dykstra: Voted to classify abortion as a Class 4 felony.
Nancy Turbak Berry: Voted against requiring sonograms at abortion facilities.
Nancy Turbak Berry: No state interference with birth control or contraception.
Nancy Turbak Berry: Repeal ban on conducting embryonic stem cell research.
Steven Haugaard: Require counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
Steven Haugaard: Introduced amendment that life begins at conception.
Jamie R. Smith: Oppose requiring counseling at anti-abortion crisis center.
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Civil Rights
Scyller Borglum: Voted no on banning gender-dysphoria instruction in schools.
Scyller Borglum: Voted no on posting "In God We Trust" signs in schools.
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Crime
Billie Sutton: Require mental health evaluations in jails within 21 days.
Daniel Ahlers: Require mental health evaluations in jails within 21 days.
Dennis Daugaard: Require mental health evaluations in jails within 21 days.
Nancy Turbak Berry: Define hate crimes by sexual orientation or gender identity.
Nancy Turbak Berry: Remove requirement that physicians be present at executions.
Steven Haugaard: Require mental health evaluations in jails within 21 days.
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Drugs
Joel Dykstra: Require blood testing for drunk driving arrests.
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Education
Daniel Ahlers: Improve educational services for deaf children.
Joel Dykstra: Voted for abstinence-only sex education.
Nancy Turbak Berry: Increase teacher pay and student spending annually.
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Families & Children
Billie Sutton: Don't allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
Billie Sutton: Don't allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
Daniel Ahlers: Don't allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
Dennis Daugaard: Allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
Jamie R. Smith: Don't allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
Steven Haugaard: Allow LGBTQ discrimination by foster/adoption agencies.
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Government Reform
Joel Dykstra: Voted to restrict campaign donations.
Nancy Turbak Berry: $4000 limit on individual campaign contribution.
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Gun Control
Billie Sutton: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
Billie Sutton: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
Daniel Ahlers: Vetoed allowing concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
Dennis Daugaard: Vetoed allowing concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
Steven Haugaard: Allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
Jamie R. Smith: Don't allow concealed carry of guns at state capitol.
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Homeland Security
Daniel Ahlers: Helped fund the new State Veteran's Cemetery.
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The above quotations are from Legislative voting records for South Dakota House and Senate.
Legislation citations (from news media or state archives):
- Argus-Leader on South Dakota legislative voting records, on educational services for deaf children, (Daniel Ahlers), 9/26/2019
- Argus-Leader on South Dakota legislative voting records, on State Veteran's Cemetery, (Daniel Ahlers), 9/26/2019
- SB 110: ABC-NBC Dakota News Now, "New abortion law causes controversy in South Dakota," by Kelley Smith, Mar. 8, 2018
- HB 1183, American Civil Liberties Union, "2017 Post-Legislative Wrap Up," by Libby Skarin, Policy Director, ACLU SD, March 31, 2017
- SB 149: HRC and ACLU press release, "South Dakota Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Bill to Governor's Desk," by Elliott Kozuch, March 2, 2017
- HB1156: Sioux City Argus-Leader "Lawmakers vote to carry guns in state Capitol," by Dana Fergusond, Feb. 8, 2017
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