Lance Russell (politician)

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In 2018, Russell ran for Attorney General of South Dakota. He was one of four Republicans running at the Republican Convention. He survived the first round of voting, securing 27% of the vote, but he was defeated in the second round by the eventual nominee and later Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg by a margin of 63% to 37%. [14]

Lance Russell
Member of the South Dakota Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 2017 –January 2021
South Dakota Attorney General, Republican Convention Election 2018, Final Round [15]
PartyCandidate%
RepublicanCheck mark 23x20 02.svgJason Ravnsborg63%
RepublicanLance Russell37%
South Dakota Attorney General, Republican Convention Election 2018, First Round [16]
PartyCandidate%
RepublicanCheck mark 23x20 02.svgJason Ravnsborg47%
RepublicanCheck mark 23x20 02.svgLance Russell27%
RepublicanJohn Fitzgerald26%

Fall River State's Attorney

In 2020, after initially filing for a third term in the state senate, Russell withdrew and then filed to be the Fall River State's Attorney. [17]

In 2011, Russell was sanctioned by the Supreme Court of South Dakota, In re: the Discipline of Lance Russell, in connection with his handling of two cases while he was State's Attorney in 2008. One was in connection with a grand jury investigation regarding the scope and quality of the contractor's work on a local golf course. The other regarded a press release that criticized a sitting judge and implied the judge was improperly delaying setting a trial date. He received a public censure. [18]

Political Controversy

Banned from the Caucus

In 2012, as a member of the State House of Representatives, Russell was banned from the Republican Caucus along with Rep. Stace Nelson . [19]

Running for two offices at the same time

In 2018, a controversy arose as Russell was running for both the state senate and the office of Attorney General at the same time in contrast to South Dakota law. The Secretary of State Shantel Krebs determined that Russell could not run for two offices at once and would have to choose which office he ran for before the convention vote for Attorney General. [20] On June 22, 2018, Russell resigned his nomination for State Senate at the Secretary of State's office. On June 23, 2018, Russell would go on to place second in the race for Attorney General. Some parties argued that SDCL 12-6-55 forbid Russell from putting his name back on the ballot as it stated: "No name so withdrawn shall be printed on the ballots to be used at such election." [21] A court proceeding determined that Russell could be re-nominated for his state senate position and eventually he was re-nominated and won the general election to reclaim a seat in the state senate. [22]

References

  1. ↑ "Lance Russell's Biography". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "South Dakota Legislature".
  3. ↑ "Senator Lance Russell". South Dakota Legislature . Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Representative Lance Russell". Pierre, South Dakota: South Dakota Legislature. Archived from the original on December 1, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2008 South Dakota Official Primary Election Results June 3, 2008". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2008 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 4, 2008". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Official Results Primary Election June 8, 2010". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2010 South Dakota Official General Election Results Legislature November 2, 2010". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Official Results Primary Election - June 5, 2012". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota . Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Official Results General Election November 6, 2012". Pierre, South Dakota: Secretary of State of South Dakota. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Lance Russell-Ballotpedia". ballotpedia.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Lance Russell-Ballotpedia". ballotpedia.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Lance Russell-Ballotpedia". ballotpedia.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ "2018 republican State Convention Results". southdakotagop.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  15. ↑ "2018 Republican State Convention Results". southdakotagop.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  16. ↑ "2018 Republican State Convention Results". southdakotagop.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  17. ↑ "2020 Primary Election Candidate List" . Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  18. ↑ "FindLaw's Supreme Court of South Dakota case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  19. ↑ "Two State Republican Lawmakers Banned from Party Caucus". rapidcityjournal.com. January 27, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  20. ↑ "AG candidate must drop at least one campaign next week". sdpb.org. June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  21. ↑ "SDCL 12-6-55 Withdrawal of nominee-time and place of filing" . Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  22. ↑ "Judge: Russell can be on the Ballot". rapidcityjournal.com. August 14, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
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