SD GOP, Dem chairs not thrilled with party switching

SD runoff voters talk decision-making, party switching, ‘the lesser of two evils’

PIERRE — Lucy Burdick didn’t really vote in favor of anybody in Tuesday’s runoff election for the South Dakota Republican Party’s nomination for governor.

SD GOP, Dem chairs not thrilled with party switching

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — While it's not clear exactly how many South Dakotans switched their voter registration to vote in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary in 2026, two who did are the retired Sharon Stroschein of rural Brown County and Ngoc Thach of Sioux Falls, who works in communications and marketing. "My identity is not [...]