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Toby Doeden: “I'm going to peer. I don't even consider myself the…”

Featuring: Toby Doeden, Republican | Candidate for Governor of South Dakota

Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden

Published June 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:01:12

I simply wouldn't be doing this. I'm not a politician, Katie. And I never, ever will be a politician. I am a businessman that knows how to get things done. I'm going to peer. I don't even consider myself the governor. I consider myself the CEO of South Dakota. To fix actual problems, make the lives better of the people that live here and make sure that outside companies don't come in and trample on the way that South Dakotas want to live. (1:01:12–1:01:19)

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Claims he views his potential role as governor akin to being a CEO of the state.

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Toby Doeden

“Thursday launched the largest single campaign launch in the history of South Dakota politics.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 10:41-10:48
“We have kids dying every week from fentanyl.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 30:24-30:28
“We're trying to build a one, possibly a $2 billion luxury prison to house the most violent criminals in our state.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 33:19-33:29
“One of [my companies] took out one PPP loan to save hundreds of jobs, all local jobs.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 01:15-45:01
“I was born and raised in Groton, South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 01:34-01:39
“My father was permanently disabled when I was very, very young.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 02:38-02:44
“I grew up in a family where my mother was the breadwinner, and she had multiple jobs.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 02:44-02:49
“We had no health insurance [when my oldest son was born].”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 03:33-03:46
“I eventually took a position with a company called the Rydell Automotive Group.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 04:37-04:42
“I ended up building what I call a blue collar business empire right here in South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 05:06-05:13
“Every single dollar I've ever invested, every single person I've ever hired is right here in the state of South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 05:12-05:20
“I was the least political person that you've probably met until, you know, the last couple of years or so.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 06:08-06:15
“I was actually scared for my kids and my grandkids that they weren't going to have an opportunity to grow up in the same South Dakota that…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 06:28-06:43
“I've spent a lot of the last 15 or 16 months traveling the state of South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 07:12-07:18
“So many South Dakotans were struggling financially.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 07:36-07:40
“We need five to eight more seats in the House. We need three to five more seats in the Senate.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 09:17-09:21
“The people of South Dakota want a non-politician with executive leadership that has CEO experience.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 10:12-10:31
“In order to be a governor of a state like South Dakota, you have to be an executive leader.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 12:02-12:10
“We have to significantly reduce the size and scope of our state government.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 12:46-12:52
“I personally believe that if counties like Dual county want to bring a data center in, and the people of Dual county overwhelmingly support…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 16:35-16:52
“That data center needs to stand on its own two legs and should not be in any way, shape or form incentivized or subsidized by the state…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 16:51-17:01
“Our state should be focusing on the thousands and thousands of existing small businesses that I know are struggling.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 17:01-17:08
“Super inflation during the Biden Harris administration coupled with our ridiculously high priced property taxes in the state are smothering…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 17:15-17:27
“The backbone of South Dakota is small business owners. That includes farmers and ranchers. They're also the largest employers in South…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 18:49-18:58
“We're gonna set up a small business task force, Katie, and we're gonna do a lot of focusing and we're gonna do everything in our power to…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 19:12-19:23
“I am 100% against the legalization of marijuana.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 19:52-19:57
“Downtown Denver has been completely decimated by legalized marijuana.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 20:03-20:09
“I'm laser focused on South Dakota, Katie. I can't control anything outside of the four walls of our state.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 20:42-20:50
“I talk a lot about building a legal wall around the state of South Dakota so our God given constitutional rights can't be trampled on again…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 20:50-21:02
“I think all of the big issues we have in the state of South Dakota are all directly linked back to our bloated $7.6 billion budget.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 22:26-22:36
“Well, I am 100% against eminent domain for private gain.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 24:35-24:41
“If I had been governor in 2021, we wouldn't be talking about property rights Summit Carbon Solutions Navigator would have came into my…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 25:09-25:20
“The government should not partner with multi-billion dollar private equity firms like Summit Carbon Solutions to take farmland.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 28:17-28:28
“While they're cutting Attorney General Marty Jackley's budget, we have nefarious drug dealers all over the state.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 33:02-33:10
“That prison bill got voted down in the legislature by one vote.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 33:56-34:03
“There will never be a governor in the history of the great state of South Dakota that is going to support our law enforcement more.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 35:26-35:35
“I believe getting rid of nefarious criminals that are selling poison to our kids is literally the number one problem in our state.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 35:34-35:45
“I said in that speech, Katie, that we were going to audit every single department, and every line item of that audit was going to be made…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 36:34-36:44
“The only way to get 100% accountability, Katie, is to get to a point of 100% transparency.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 37:00-37:07
“Do I think property taxes should ultimately be gone away with? Yes.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 37:53-37:53
“I believe that voters should be given every opportunity to get to the actual polling place on election Day.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 39:52-40:02
“I think all voting should be in person with a couple rare exceptions, including the military, of course.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 40:05-40:10
“I think they should be on paper ballots and I think they should be hand counted at South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 40:10-40:15
“There is irrefutable [evidence] that there were some strange things happening [in the 2020 election].”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 42:22-42:24
“Our voter turnout is very low in South Dakota.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 43:21-43:25
“The 22,000 small business owners in South Dakota that took out a paycheck protection program loan in 2020 did so to save tens of thousands…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 45:39-45:51
“I believe I had one of, if not the largest social media presence on all of the issues, including RL21.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 47:09-47:17
“I was very much against eminent domain for private gain.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 47:28-47:31
“I very aggressively attacked no on H. My pack and myself personally spent a lot of resources, time and energy fighting H.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 48:49-49:00
“We use what's called independent expenditures [to fight against amendment age] through my own political action committee.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 49:07-49:40
“Fundraising in South Dakota is not a lucrative endeavor.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 52:41-52:45
“I completely self-funded Dakota First Action.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 52:46-52:59
“My team communicated with the existing grassroots leadership legislative team, and together they came up with the races for Dakota First…”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 53:32-53:43
“We knew we needed to get X amount of seats, X amount of bad actors replaced in order to be able to elect all new conservative leadership.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 53:43-53:53
“There's been a massive shift in ideology in the state of South Dakota the last 15 or 20 years.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 56:35-56:42
“The majority of Republicans in South Dakota now think the same way you and I do, Katie. Like actual conservatives.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 56:42-56:42
“Legislators are paid nothing. They have full time jobs, they have children, they have responsibilities.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 58:37-58:44
“We're going to hit all 66 counties. 80 plus stops.”
Government Watch South Dakota with Toby Doeden | Uploaded June 5, 2025 | 1:03:28-1:03:33