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Toby Doeden: “The state is perpetually broke.”

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

Toby Doeden shares his vision for the state's economic growth | In The Moment

Published July 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:42

We did. I'm very optimistic. I think South Dakota can be the strongest rural economy in the country. And quite frankly, that's my main purpose for running. The state is perpetually broke. and we've been electing D.C. bureaucrats to come back and be our governor for far too long, and it's clearly not working. (14:42–14:46)

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Asserts that South Dakota is in a constant state of financial difficulty.

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“Utilities have doubled in most cases [in South Dakota].”
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“Homeowners, insurance, car insurance, groceries, gas, everything's higher [in South Dakota].”
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“Wages are virtually flat for most, you know, folks in this state.”
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“Small business revenue is virtually flat for most small businesses in the state.”
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“There are 75,000 [small businesses in South Dakota] and they are struggling right now.”
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“We estimate between 80 and 90% [of small businesses in South Dakota] don't actually take a profit check or what we call a dividend.”
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“They've seen their rents increase at a more rapid pace than any time in the history of this state.”
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“We want to make the South Dakota state government more fiscally responsible, shrink the size and scope of the state government.”
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“Our education system hasn't improved.”
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“The drug epidemic has gotten worse.”
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“Rural health care has gotten worse.”
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“I'm running to be governor for all 940,000 people.”
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“I think abled bodied people should work for themselves and should provide for themselves.”
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“I am a very conservative person. I'm very, very, very pro life. I believe in small, fiscally sound government.”
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“I'm starting the Department of Government Efficiency.”
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“Attorney General Marty Jackley has tried multiple multimillion dollar fraud cases just in the last two years in South Dakota.”
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