Despite not winning a statewide race since 2008, South Dakota Democractic Party leaders feel optimistic — The South Dakota Standard

Despite not winning a statewide race since 2008, South Dakota Democractic Party leaders feel optimistic — The South Dakota Standard

Part 2 of 2.South Dakota Democrats haven’t had a lot of reasons to smile in more than a decade.They last won a statewide election in 2008, when Sen. Tim Johnson and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin were re-elected. Since then, nothing but losses, and most of them in noncompetitive races.But the past isn’t always prologue to the future. Things can and do change.That’s why about 1,000 people were in a good mood at the Sioux Falls Convention Center f…