SD: US Senate Election Degenerates into Sham

From Ballot Access News:

This South Dakota newspaper story focuses on the fact that U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican, has no opponents on the November ballot.  No Democrat filed to run for U.S. Senate this year. The Constitution Party is on the ballot in South Dakota, but it did not run anyone for U.S. Senate either.  Whether the party’s candidate for Governor will be on the ballot depends on the outcome of the party’s ballot access case that is being heard in federal court on July 15. No independent candidate qualified in South Dakota for U.S. Senate this year, and the petition deadline was June 8