I totally forgot about this tidbit of information until someone reminded me about it last night. I first want to clarify, this is something that was told to me by someone ‘in the know’ not sure if it is true, but I am putting it out there just to see if anyone else heard about it.
Mike Huether considered running for governor before running for mayor.
I guess some connected SD Democratic party people put feelers out their for him to see if he would be a viable candidate, and at the end of the day, they found he had no name recognition, only a 79% interest rate 🙂
Is there anything wrong with Mike running for governor? Hell no, in fact I wish he would have. What I find interesting is his hypocrisy (if this is true) on running for mayor. He has told people in several interviews that it was his life long dream to run for the mayor of Sioux Falls (and or political office).
So which is it Mike? Mayor or Governor?
If Mike becomes our next mayor he has to realize, pulling a Palin and quitting mid-term is unacceptable. So if you really want to be mayor, I say go for it, but you better be honest about your intentions. Our next council is already gonna be a circus, we need a ring leader who will focus on what is best for the people, not what is best for Mike’s political future.
Quick question l3wis before I gotta go. I was looking thru huethers latest campaign disclosure list and I got to wondering…will Kermit and huethers have to file another one before April 27th?
Oh, probably, but I am not the person to ask, but send your email questions to;
DOwen@siouxfalls.org
I think Mike was clear he has been wanting to serve the public for awhile now, since he was a young man. This was an opportunity he saw, and he is going to make it worth while. Look out Staggers!
If you want to talk about planning campaigns for awhile, Staggers has been campaigning for mayor for 8 years. Mike has been campaigning for 10 months, and he was 50 votes shy of beating Staggers.
Just because the democrats “put out feelers” to see if he’d be a viable candidate doesn’t mean he wanted the job. There probably aren’t a lot of dems who want the job of sacrificial lamb.
Maybe I wasn’t clear, I was told that he was ‘personally’ looking to run for governor.
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