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Tim Giago now plans to run for Senate as independent
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Newspaper publisher Tim Giago has decided not to challenge Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
Instead, Giago plans to run for the seat as an independent. He believes this will give a greater voice to Indian issues in what is expected to be a heated race this November between Daschle and former Rep. John Thune, a Republican.
Giago has to collect 3,346 signatures to appear on the November ballot, according to The Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Giago is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. He founded Indian Country Today before selling it to the Oneida Nation of New York. He now runs Lakota Nation Journal.
Get the Story:
Giago plans run for Senate as independent (AP 3/31)
Giago's independent run expected to remodel race
(The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 3/30)
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