The race for the GOP nomination for the state senate seat representing District 3 is a rematch from two years ago featuring incumbent Carl Perry and challenger Katie Washnok.
Washnok is a life long South Dakota resident, former Brown County GOP chair and, according to her is running to make sure her children have opportunities to stay in the community…
A clear divide has been brought to the front of the GOP primary. Washnock has been placed more on the economic development side vs. the “super-MAGA” side as labeled by Northern State political scientist Jon Schaff in the Aberdeen Insider.
Washnock says she does not deny she is economically focused because of the opportunities it can bring to northeast South Dakota…
The last time Perry and Washnok faced one another in a primary voter turnout was low and Washnok lost by less than 200 votes. According to her, she is confident in her candidacy and chalked up the loss to being in a bad election cycle…
The primary election will be June 2nd and early voting is already underway. The winner of this race will be the De facto winner of the seat in Pierre as there is no Democrat, Libertarian or Independent candidate on the ballot.
