SIOUX FALLS – Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota’s lone congressional seat, announced that his campaign would begin airing a radio advertisement on South Dakota stations starting today.
From NBC's Mark Murray - Later this afternoon, President Obama hosts a reception at the White House thanking members of Congress for their efforts to pass pay-as-go (PAYGO) legislation—something congressional Blue Dogs have championed. And as we mentioned earlier this morning, don't be surprised if the president tries to twist some arms on health care.
SIOUX FALLS – After Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin attended a White House cocktail hour at the White House last night where President Obama was reportedly going to twist the arms of wavering Democrats on the health care bill languishing in Congress, the Blake Curd for Congress Campaign offered up an invitation to Rep. Herseth Sandlin to meet with average South Dakotans to discuss health care reform here in South Dakota.
First Read, the NBC News political tip sheet from this morning, lists Rep Stephanie Herseth Sandlin as a potential YES vote for the latest version of government-run health care.
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Representative Herseth Sandlin is touting PAYGO the same day the Capitol Hill press reports on House Democrat plans to completely bypass the so-called spending restraint measure.
PIERRE – Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota’s lone congressional seat, received the endorsement of several more leaders in the State Legislature today.
Curd: “I will work to end TARP immediately”
SIOUX FALLS – Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota’s lone congressional seat laid out a clear policy difference between himself and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin today stating that he will work to end the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) immediately if elected. Rep. Herseth Sandlin voted on Thursday to extend TARP.
Mitchell Daily Republic Blog - by Seth Tupper: U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., touted the passage of pay-go rules yesterday but also supported allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt. The pay-go rules, as I understand them, basically require that Congress find savings or new revenue to offset any new spending.
SIOUX FALLS – Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota’s lone congressional seat, voiced his disappointment today with the House vote to increase our nation’s debt limit by an additional $1.9 trillion dollars.
It's been interesting to watch Blake Curd's strategy in his Republican U.S. House primary race against Chris Nelson. Rather than campaign against Nelson, Curd has gone after the Democratic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin with a vengeance.
By Seth Tupper, Republic Insider - Republican U.S. House candidate Blake Curd is out-fundraising his opponent, Chris Nelson, according to reports made available recently.
SIOUX FALLS – Blake Curd, candidate for the South Dakota At-Large congressional seat in 2010, announced today that his campaign raised $181,381 in the period ending December 31, 2009. This report, from the campaign’s beginning in early October to the end of the year, is the first financial report Curd will file with the Federal Elections Commission.
By Kevin Woster for the Rapid City Journal
Not bad. Not bad at all.
State Rep. Blake Curd of Sioux Falls will be reporting about $180,000 in campaign funds raised in the fourth quarter of 2009 for his U.S. House run.
SIOUX FALLS – U.S. House Candidate, doctor and U.S. Air Force veteran Blake Curd proudly accepted the endorsement of several leaders in the South Dakota State Legislature today.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A Republican state lawmaker running for Congress says he will not mail campaign-style material to South Dakotans at taxpayer expense if he's elected to the state's lone seat in the U.S. House.
PIERRE – U.S. House Candidate, doctor and U.S. Air Force veteran Blake Curd today held a press conference pledging he would not send unsolicited, campaign-style mail pieces to South Dakotans at taxpayer expense if elected to Congress. Curd also took to task Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin’s recent unsolicited mailings and her office’s attempts to obtain Game, Fish & Parks mailing lists at a greatly reduced cost.
SIOUX FALLS – Today South Dakota Republican Congressional Candidate Thad Wasson ended his campaign and endorsed Blake Curd as the best candidate to take on Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in November.
In the House race, three Republican are vying for the spot to challenge Herseth Sandlin: Secretary of State Chris Nelson, state Rep. Blake Curd and Piedmont Republican Thad Wasson. The winner faces a formidable challenge trying to unseat Herseth Sandlin, who won the seat in 2004. But it could prove to be Herseth Sandlin's toughest race to date.
"Blue Dog" Democrat Physician Congressman Switches Parties Over Health Care. And yet Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has indicated she is considering supporting the final health care bill. Blake Curd says, "Back to the Drawing Board."
Source: Yahoo! Finance - Polls show the public is getting increasingly anxious about a medical overhaul. Blake Curd, a Sioux Falls, S.D., doctor who hopes to replace Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., has stressed those anxieties in his pitch. Democrats would try to "insert government in the personal and private relationships between ourselves and our doctors (and) dictate what health insurance we must have."
SIOUX FALLS – In response to Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin’s vote today to increase our nation’s statutory authority to take on more debt, Republican candidate for Congress Blake Curd issued the following statement:
SIOUX FALLS – House Democrats missed an important opportunity to show some fiscal responsibility today as they voted against a measure to close out the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the end of this year, according to Republican candidate for Congress Blake Curd.
SIOUX FALLS – Today Blake Curd, Republican candidate for Congress, made the following statement regarding the omnibus spending bill passed by the House of Representatives yesterday.
CQ Today Online News - The GOP is capitalizing on the recent health care debate to raise money from and organize Republicans in the medical community — as well as recruit candidates who have an “M.D.” after their name to run in 2010. Doctors “are always concerned because they’re in the cross hairs of Washington all the time,” said Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon. “I think they’re more inclined to participate this time given the incredible importance of what’s happening.”
SIOUX FALLS – Today Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota's lone congressional seat, voiced his opposition to the Democrat plan being hatched in Washington to use taxpayer dollars from the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP) on another so-called stimulus bill.
SIOUX FALLS – Republican Candidate for the U.S. House Blake Curd announced today the hiring of Joshua Shields to be his campaign manager. A native of Rapid City, Shields has worked on several statewide campaigns including both of Sen. John Thune’s (R-SD) U.S. Senate campaigns in 2002 and 2004.
With the midterm election still a year off, Sioux Falls physician Blake Curd told Davison County Republicans why they should support his nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sioux Falls - Blake Curd, Republican candidate for South Dakota's Congressional seat in 2010, today stated his opposition to the House bill released earlier by Nancy Pelosi regarding government takeover of America's medical care. Curd, a Sioux Falls surgeon and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, also called on Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to make public her decision on supporting the legislation.
(Sioux Falls) – Dr. Blake Curd, Sioux Falls physician and Republican member of the South Dakota State House of Representatives, today announced the filing of his Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission for the 2010 election for South Dakota’s At-Large Seat in the United States Congress.
KELOLAND News - State Rep. R. Blake Curd, an orthopedic surgeon from Sioux Falls, says he has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat.
