Drey Samuelson has a successful history working in politics. He has worked for former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle (SD-D), ran successful ballot initiatives in Nebraska, and worked alongside Congressman and Senator Tim Johnson (SD-D) both on his election campaigns and as his chief of staff. He also co-founded TakeItBack.Org, a nonprofit focused on using ballot initiatives to reform the political process in South Dakota and other states. The group specifically hopes to curb the polarizing and hyper-partisan nature of our current political system. He was a prominent leader of the ‘Yes on V’ campaign for open primaries in South Dakota in 2016. Samuelson grew up in Nebraska where the state legislature uses top-two nonpartisan primary elections and sees these more open and fair elections as a crucial step forward to create a more effective political process.
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