New MUCK YOU! South Dakota, Meet Your Escape Hatch

Brian Bengs wants to give voters a Senate option that does not come with a party-issued leash.

Welcome to Final Brian Bengs Week, and today we have the man himself: Brian Bengs, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate in South Dakota.

Brian is not a political prop. He is not another party-scripted candidate reading talking points handed down from Washington. He is a husband, father, attorney, dual-service military veteran, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, former JAG officer, former professor, and former national park ranger. He has taught law, policy, criminal justice, government, homeland security, and the rule of law. He has served his country in uniform and in the classroom. Now he is asking South Dakotans to send him to the United States Senate.

And here is the thing: Brian Bengs can win.

South Dakota voters are independent-minded. They know when Washington is broken. They know when the two-party food fight is not solving the cost of living, rural healthcare, veterans’ issues, corruption, or the basic problem of politicians answering to party bosses instead of real people. …