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Former House lawmaker, congressional candidate wants to return to Pierre

Taffy Howard running for State Senate, Mike Diedrich will not run for reelection

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Austin Goss
Mar 05, 2024
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A former state lawmaker who ran for Congress wants to return to the state Legislature in 2025, ending speculation that she might make another bid for federal office.

Taffy Howard, who served in the State House from 2017-2023, made her intentions officials Tuesday to run for the state Senate this year, ending weeks of guesswork that the Rapid City woman w…

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