PIERRE — Now that the heavy lifting of redistricting is completed, lawmakers are getting familiar with their new territory and some are looking to see if primaries are in their future. One of the legislators who was key in leading redistricting is District 24 Senator Mary Duvall of Pierre. Duvall chaired the Senate effort and says Senators got input from across the state…
Duvall says some legislators in suggesting changes may have self-serving…
Some in the legislature thought the Senate ramrodded their ‘Blackbird’ map through into the ‘Sparrow’ map that was approved, but Duvall says the Senate worked with input from many areas…
Duvall says Legislative Research Council staff worked diligently to incorporate all of the input from the conference committee into the final product that was officially signed into law last week by Governor Kristi Noem.
