Wife of cancer-struck Republican will seek South Dakota auditor nomination in his place
Catherine Barranco to carry on campaign after David Barranco's diagnosis
South Dakota’s lone Republican candidate for state auditor is suspending his campaign after a Stage IV cancer diagnosis — but the race for the GOP nomination will continue through his wife.
Sioux Falls City Councilor David Barranco announced Friday in an op-ed published in The Dakota Scout that he is stepping away from the campaign for state auditor. However, Catherine Barranco — a Republican organizer and conservative activist — will seek the GOP nomination for the constitutional office at next month’s South Dakota Republican Party convention in Rapid City in his place.
