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Nelson, Schoenfish win in District 19

June 5, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Longtime legislator Putnam defeated in GOP House primary Continue Reading

LETTER: A vote for Nelson is a vote for veterans

June 2, 2012 in The Daily Republic

In the 2011 session of the state Legislature, lawmakers cut the salaries of the veterans service offices by 10 percent. This year almost everyone got a pay increase except for the veterans service offices.
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LETTER: Keep Nelson working for you at the Capitol

May 25, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Talk to anyone these days and most people are concerned with the direction our state and country are going. People always say: If we could only get good people into an elected office who will deal with the problems at hand instead of feathering their own political nests. Continue Reading

LAWRENCE: GOP heads to election in a house divided

April 25, 2012 in The Daily Republic

There’s the Main Street side of the party, pro-business, pro-growth and pro-government. Then there are the tea party Republicans, the folks who believe the other Republicans are in league with the devil and Democrats, and aren’t sure which is worse. Continue Reading

Stace Nelson to run for House in District 19

April 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

State Rep. Stace Nelson, RFulton, officially announced his Republican candidacy Monday for a House seat in District 19. The district includes part of Bon Homme, along with Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson and McCook counties. Continue Reading

Lawmakers Nelson, Lust call each other liars during hearing

February 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE (AP) Rep. Stace Nelson’s feud with leaders of the South Dakota House escalated Friday when he and House Republican Leader David Lust called each other liars during a committee hearing. Continue Reading

NELSON: Rebel approach rubs establishment wrong way

February 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic

How about those spectacular stories recently about the “retired Marine” and modern day Rambo-Hulk Republican representative rappelling down the walls in the Capitol rotunda and running through the halls chewing out and threatening pasty-faced, slick-haired politicians for insults uttered to the vengeful behemoth during debates. Continue Reading

LETTER: ‘White-hot purifying force of the truth’

February 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

To see how powerful the truth is, one only needs to observe the petty actions of South Dakota House Speaker Val Rausch in response to questions about his behavior raised by Rep. Stace Nelson, of Fulton. Continue Reading

Conservative caucus forms at South Dakota Capitol

February 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Rep. Stace Nelson helps organize group that’s now holding daily meetings after some were expelled from GOP’s daily closed-door meetings.

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Stace Nelson, other SD House member are punished by GOP leader

January 27, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Nelson, R-Fulton, and Lance Russell, R-Hot Springs, have been kicked out of the daily closed-door House Republican caucus meetings, and Nelson was moved to a new seat on the House floor. The House speaker says he was verbally abusive to another legislator. Continue Reading