Back again! This week on the show we head to District 8 with John Nelson jumping into a packed House race, Casey Crabtree laying out why affordability is becoming the defining issue in South Dakota politics, and the ungovernable Pat Powers jumping in to stir up the ballot chaos, convention chatter, and governor’s race crossfire. We get into the farm economy squeeze, property tax reality, economic development fights, TIF confusion, and why the debate over who can actually put more money back in voters’ pockets is quickly becoming the whole race.

Plus we hit the early voting mess, turnout math, the GOP convention money crunch, and of course the only Dakota Town Hall side quest wild enough to steal the third break: Murdoc’s full-blown campaign to bring Pablo Escobar’s Colombian hippos to Reptile Gardens. Add in gizzard diplomacy, Pizza Ranch politics, and Pat’s signature war-college-level chaos, and this one feels like campaign season in South Dakota finally hitting full speed.

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