{"id":10897,"date":"2020-09-16T23:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/challenging-rounds-for-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T23:49:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:49:29","slug":"challenging-rounds-for-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/challenging-rounds-for-the-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Rounds for the Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democrat Dan Ahlers<\/strong> will challenge Republican Sen. Mike Rounds for his seat in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dan Ahlers is a democratic candidate running for United States Senate in South Dakota. He is originally from Dell Rapids but he has also lived in Rapid City and Gillette, Wyoming, before settling in Dell Rapids permanently. He has been a small business owner and has served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2006-2008 and 2017-2019. He has also served in the South Dakota Senate 2008-2010.<\/p>\n

Ahlers wants to see better relationships between the state and federal governments and Native Americans and he believes that is starts with treaties. \u201cOne of the things that I want to see improved is doing something to honor the treaties between the United States and the tribes,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that means we need to sit down at the table and discuss a new treaty then I am open to something like that. People look for symbolic things that they can do, but I want it to be meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the treaties that Ahlers seeks to right is land restoration. \u201cI think, at the very least, that the tribal lands need to be continuous, they need to be whole,\u201d he said. \u201cIf that means making land deals at the state, federal, or private level then we need to sit down and figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also understand the essentials of the treaties that have historically not been fully held to fruition. \u201cThey want good healthcare for their kids, they want good educations,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to improve the quality of life and I want tribal members to feel like they are being heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahlers has also seen shortfalls in the state leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in regards to the Kristi Noem having issues with the roadblocks that tribes established to decrease the amount of visitors spreading the virus. \u201cI think that people make assumptions and I\u2019ve noticed as a state legislator that all too often that the state or legislators decide that we will do this stuff without consulting the Native Americans,\u201d he said. \u201cThen we can\u2019t find out why the tribal members are mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent trade wars have also illuminated what needs to be changed in South Dakota for Ahlers. \u201cWe will be lucky if we see it back in the next 5 years,\u201d he said about lost trade. \u201cSouth Dakota agriculture, our ranchers, they can\u2019t afford that. I will show up every day. I will work on country of origin labeling, and my opponent has talked about that for 6 years and done nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

When dairy farmers and hog farmers were destroying their product at the beginning of the pandemic, Ahlers hoped that USDA was placing that product on food pantry shelves.<\/p>\n

Ahlers is a former movie rental store owner in Dell Rapids. \u201cWhen I ran in my first election, people got out to vote for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI was Dan the Movie Man while I owned a video store and it didn\u2019t matter what party I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahlers is running against former governor and current United States Senator Mike Rounds.<\/p>\n

When Ahlers spoke with the Native Sun News Today he was campaigning in the Black Hills while camping in a tent.<\/p>\n

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Democrat Dan Ahlers will challenge Republican Sen. Mike Rounds for his seat in November. Dan Ahlers is a democratic candidate running for United States Senate in South Dakota. He is originally from Dell Rapids but he has also lived in Rapid City and Gillette, Wyoming, before settling in Dell Rapids <\/p>\n

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