South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Dykstra campaign: Mitchell, S.D. - Senate Candidate Joel Dykstra talked about agricultural policy at Dakotafest on Wednesday in a debate boycotted by Senator Tim Johnson. Dykstra used the debate to discuss important issues facing South Dakota's farmers and...
S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scientific polling confirms South Dakota Watch’s earlier semi-scientific polling —the debate about debates between Sen. Tim Johnson and state Rep. Joel Dykstra just doesn’t matter. So says Virginia Lowell at Badlands Blue. When asked about Senator Johnson’s decision not to debate, 75 percent of the respondents said that debates were not very important to them and that his decision would...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
The U.S. Senate race in South Dakota seems to be heating up, in spite of the fact that incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson and Republican challenger Joel Dykstra may never appear at the same event. Johnson earlier this month declined to participate in debates, citing [...]
South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Argus Leader: "A letter that arrived at U.S. Senate candidate Joel Dykstra’s Sioux Falls office today contained baby powder, preliminary tests show. The letter also contained a threat to either Dykstra’s campaign or Republicans in general, said Jim Sideras, a...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Keloland: The United States Postal Inspection Service is now offering a reward for information about the threatening letter sent to Joel Dykstra's office Tuesday. Up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the Argus Leader: Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra sat at a table at Dakotafest for more than an hour Wednesday discussing issues such as immigration, energy and federal spending. But unlike the preceding debate between Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
The Argus Leader has a report from Joel Dykstra’s press conference in regard to a threatening letter his campaign received: Dykstra spoke this afternoon at a press conference at his campaign office at 2109 S. Minnesota Ave. hours after a...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Authorities are investigating a letter sent to the headquarters of a South Dakota congressional candidate containing threats and a white powder.
Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra was not at his Sioux Falls office when his staff opened the letter Tuesday and called 911.
Fire Rescue Division Chief Jim Sideras says early tests indicate baby powder. It...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Last updated August 19, 2008 1:49 p.m. PTThreatening letter, powder mailed to SD candidateBy DENNIS GALESIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Authorities are investigating a letter sent to the headquarters of a South Dakota congressional candidate containing threats and a white powder.Republican Senate candidate Joel Dykstra was not at his Sioux Falls office when his staff opened the letter Tuesday and...
