Steve Hickey's race (car) for the State House

Seventy-seven days until Election Day.  Here are a few things from my campaign I thought might interest you. Gotta love this race car that is burning up the Hartford Speedway every Friday night.

Next, I'll mention that a little national press came my way with this politico.com article.  Nationwide, apparently I'm one of twenty bloggers running for office this fall.

The group of 20 candidates includes 15 who are running for state House or Senate and four seeking municipal office. Only Slate’s Mickey Kaus, who mounted a primary challenge to California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, sought a post in the federal government. Steve Hickey, a South Dakota pastor and blogger, entered his state’s race for an at-large congressional district seat before withdrawing in February to run for a state House seat. Also on the list: 10 Democrats, seven Republicans, two independents and one candidate who is competing in a nonpartisan school board election.

I told the Politico reporter I've never used my blog here to solicit funds for my campaign. That was true. But now I will do that very thing.  If you have appreciated my commentary over the years here on Voices Carry, I would really appreciate you making a donation to help me get my message out and win in November. It's time to buy yard signs - would you consider sponsoring 5, 10 or 25 ($4.50 each)?? As this venue has been dedicated to the plight of the unborn, I especially want to reach out to the pro-life readers here at Voices Carry and ask that you continue the fight by helping me get elected. If you can give more please do, it's needed. You can donate directly on my campaign website… www.stevehickeyforstatehouse.com  Thanks!!

On ballot order I notice the Secretary of State has done the random drawing. I'm second on the ballot which is better than fifth. Five people are running in District 9 for two House seats. A campaign academy I went to quoted a study of state elections that showed candidates in the first and second positions gain 1-3 percentage points over third, fourth and fifth position candidates. Obviously I'm not going to bank on that but hey, every bit helps.

And, if you haven't seen it yet, here is my spot on South Dakota Public Broadcastings Meet the Candidates program which will air a few times this fall.