If money is any indication, the hottest Republican House candidate in the country is Kristi Noem. The 38-year-old rancher has raised more campaign cash than any Republican house challenger in the country.

Noem has raised $1.1 million over the past three months, about twice as much as her opponent, Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD). And that money will go a long way: South Dakota's media market is one of the least expensive in the country.

Noem may need the cash. Herseth-Sandlin is a moderate Democrat with a proven ability to win, and win big, in South Dakota. She decimated her Republican opponent in 2008 with nearly 70 percent of the vote, even as the state voted overwhelming against Barack Obama.

Herseth-Sandlin is an avid hunter and one of the top conservative Democrats in the House. She's also from a highly regarded South Dakota political family; her grandfather was a governor, her grandmother a South Dakota Secretary of State and her father a leader in the state legislature.

But Herseth-Sandlin has never faced a challenger like Kristi Noem. She's a rancher, a mother of three, and a staunch conservative who is running on a platform of slashing federal spending and repealing the new federal health care law. She's also an avid hunter known to hunt elk with a bow and arrow. Her political views and physical appearance have led some to label her "South Dakota's Sarah Palin."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elections-2010-south-dakota-sarah-palin/story?id=11860378

And for Shooter she not hard to look at   ;D 

Quote from: walkstall on October 12, 2010, 07:44:41 PM

And for Shooter she not hard to look at   ;D 

I like her already...

I've been out of the loop for a few weeks and finally had the day at home and to myself, spent alot of time playing catch up on the news...Read this earlier... From what Ive read so far she sounds very promising!!

Welcome AM nice you could drop in young lady.   8)

This lady aint been feeling so young lately, but thank you all the same!! ;D

Quote from: AmericanMom on October 12, 2010, 09:25:09 PM
This lady aint been feeling so young lately, but thank you all the same!! ;D

LOL I think it that time a year for people over 39  ;D

Quote from: walkstall on October 12, 2010, 09:28:37 PM
LOL I think it that time a year for people over 39  ;D

When isnt it?? :o

Quote from: walkstall on October 12, 2010, 09:28:37 PM
LOL I think it that time a year for people over 39  ;D

Great. I am 39...

Nice to see A-mom finally made it in here! Welcome!

Quote from: quiller on October 13, 2010, 07:16:50 AM
Nice to see A-mom finally made it in here! Welcome!

She is one of the "working ladies" of the house  ;D