South Dakota Progress gaining momentum

Tasiyagnunpa Livermont is the editor of the Eagle Butte-based West River Eagle: she is acting as steering director of South Dakota Progress, a group seeking to energize the SD Democratic Party.

An interview with Livermont can be heard on WNAX Radio. She says, "the 2020 plan will focus solely on electing Democratic candidates to local offices in SD."

Bajun Mavalwalla, an Army veteran who moved to South Dakota to guide Corinna Robinson's US House campaign, says actions are gaining strength: the group is using the hashtag #sdprogress on twitter.

Part of the inspiration for the outside group is the “Colorado Plan,” a successful effort by Colorado Democrats to rebuild the party there. That plan also focused on recruiting and training candidates for local races — though it had the advantage of millions of dollars in funding from four of the state’s wealthiest people. Mavalwalla said his plan doesn’t necessarily need any buy-in from the formal party. But he’d like to have it. “The best way to do this is to work alongside and cooperate with the state party,” he said. [David Montgomery, Sioux Falls Argus Leader]

Madville Times has a story on the group linked here.

2020 Plan gathering in Rapid City to rebuild the Democratic Party in South Dakota. #strategy pic.twitter.com/aqO7iM7W9x

— Tasi Livermont (@tlivermont) November 15, 2014