Senate leaders ask Rounds to cancel special session

Senate leaders on Tuesday asked Gov. Mike Rounds to cancel a special session that was called to investigate a state senator accused of groping a legislative page.

The request came after Sen. Dan Sutton sent a letter to Rounds in which he resigned the remainder of his current term in the Senate – roughly the next seven weeks of his two-year term. At the same time, Sutton, a Flandreau Democrat who won re-election last week, said he would reclaim his seat when the new Legislature takes office in January.

Looks like the former and future Senator Sutton doesn’t want to be troubled by pesky hearings over the holiday season. The whole maneuver sure does suggest some weaseling going on though.