SIOUX FALLS. S.D. (KELO AM) - In 2002, when Tom Daschle was a U-S Senator, state Republicans passed a measure preventing candidates from running for president or vice-president while holding an elected office.
State House Minority Leader Spencer Hawley of Brooking says now Republicans want to repeal the law.
Hawley says it's suspicious that state Republicans wish to abolish the law now that our senior U.S. Senator is sometimes linked to running for president or vice-president
The House State Affairs Committee today passed the measure on to the full House