For the first time in South Dakota electoral history, a state LGBT group has given political action money to state legislative candidates. Equality South Dakota PAC (EqSD PAC) has recently provided over $5,000 in funding to both Republican and Democratic candidates involved in the June 3, 2008 South Dakota primary.

The KELO-TV/Argus Leader poll shows my guy, Democrat Jack Billion, trailing Gov. Mike Rounds. But it’s no big surprise. Gee, Jack is running against an incumbent with lots of cash and a registration advantage. And you know what? Our own polling shows us behind — but not nearly by as much — as the not always predictive Mason-Dixon Poll that the two local media giants commissioned last week.