{"id":1069263,"date":"2021-11-30T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069263"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:59:12","slug":"noem-rakes-in-donations-after-campaign-announcement-almost-doubles-state-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/noem-rakes-in-donations-after-campaign-announcement-almost-doubles-state-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Noem Rakes In Donations After Campaign Announcement, Almost Doubles State Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnoem-rakes-in-donations-after-campaign-announcement-almost-doubles-state-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem broke her state\u2019s record for the amount of money raised at a fundraiser just two weeks after announcing her reelection campaign, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to her campaign manager, Joe Desilets, Noem raised $330,000 at a fundraiser in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the largest haul from a single event in the state\u2019s history, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. That sum nearly doubles the previous record of around $170,000.<\/p>\n<p>Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/12\/kristi-noem-rakes-in-over-10-million-in-fundraising-announces-re-election-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> she had raised over $10 million since being elected in 2018 while informing constituents of her reelection campaign launch. At the time of Noem\u2019s announcement, she had approximately $6.5 million on hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican governor rose in notoriety for her comparatively lax restrictions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/17\/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-stay-at-home-critics-coronavirus-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emphasizing<\/a> her belief that South Dakotans \u201ccan be trusted to make good decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noem is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/02\/how-kirsti-noem-gearing-up-potential-2024-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential candidate<\/a> in the 2024 primaries, coming in third on a CPAC straw poll among other potential Republican candidates, earning 11% of the vote, behind former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7329179\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7329179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks as she campaigns for U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) during a campaign event outside Gritz Family Restaurant January 3, 2021 in McDonough, Georgia. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Noem seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/11\/kristi-noem-shade-ron-desantis-shut-down-covid-19-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took a swipe<\/a> at DeSantis and other Republican governors for \u201cpretending they didn\u2019t shut down their states,\u201d though she did <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/kristi-noem-lockdowns-ron-desantis-covid-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support<\/a> some restrictions early in the pandemic. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/25\/kristi-noem-fires-back-matt-walsh-2024-good-looks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Gov. Kristi Noem Fires Back After Matt Walsh Says She\u2019s Considered For 2024 Because Of Her Looks)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some on the right have <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/noem-south-dakota-bill-explains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> Noem for vetoing a law that would ban transgender girls from competing in women\u2019s sports. Former South Dakota state House Speaker Steve Haugaard is running to unseat Noem in 2022, accusing her of being beholden to \u201cspecial interests, from the NCAA, to big business, to corporate lobbyists,\u201d the Sioux Falls Argus Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argusleader.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/17\/steve-haugaard-criticizes-kristi-noem-south-dakota-governor-primary-election-campaign-launch\/8644867002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Noem has also drawn scrutiny for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/kristi-noem-attacks-media-daughter-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summoning<\/a> an agency head to her office after her daughter was denied a real estate certification.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, she is considered a safe bet for reelection as Democrats have not won the state\u2019s gubernatorial race since 1978, Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem broke her state\u2019s record for the amount of money raised at a fundraiser just two weeks after announcing her reelection campaign, Politico reported.According to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}