Brian Bangs

Now, only four have public polling, and I'm going to talk about that in a second.

But there's new polling from our friend Brian Bangs in South Dakota, and it shows Bangs in the lead.

Race raiders move the race in Bang's direction.

There's new polling conducted by Lake Research Partners that has Brian Bangs in the lead, leading incumbent non-veteran Republican Mike Rounds with 51% of the vote.

The poll had a sample of 500 South Dakota voters that were mixed between 55% Republican, 22% Democrat, and 23% Independent.

But Bangs has got momentum.

And this is what he said.

We've been getting momentum for months, especially since this became a two-person race.

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And finally, looking at South Dakota, of all places, the independent challenger trying to oust incumbent Republican Mike Rounds is Brian Bangs.

Bangs is circulating through his campaign, some new polling showing him within reach of Rounds.

Now, this is not the name brand national polling, but it's polling that is common in midterm elections.

And it's the type of thing that shows that Mike Rounds' once formidable chances, his once presumed formidable lead, is being eroded.

Banks is not a Democrat.

Banks is an independent.

I asked Banks in an interview if he's planning to seek the support of Democratic national leaders from their money, their counseling, their guidance on the campaign.

Coming up, our next guest is challenging Republican Senator Mike Rounds for the U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota.

Independent candidate Brian Bangs joins our conversation straight ahead on Morning Show.

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Of course, he's not a part of due to President Trump's support of who many see as a very flawed Republican nominee in Ken Paxton.

Cornyn saying he won't help him.

Meanwhile, another Senate race that has caught the eye of political analysts is the one in South Dakota between Republican incumbent Mike Rounds and independent candidate Brian Banks, who joins us now.

Brian, thank you so much for being here.