re: #21 Ace Rothstein

She’ll never be involved in politics at anything higher than the state level in which she will easily win re-election as governor.

Edit: The gnome won re-election in 2022 and is term limited.

Yep. She’s out in 2 years with no real clear path forward. Since she’s already served in the state legislature and as the SD Rep-at-large in the US House, her only option in 2026 would be to challenge Mike Rounds for his Senate seat. Otherwise she’d spend two years in the political wilderness because she could consider running for the presidency in 2028. So, really, her only hope at this point for advancing that keeps her in the spotlight long enough is hoping Cheetolini picks her as his VP. And puppy murder is the sort of thing that would stiffen his mushroom, so I can see why she’d choose to keep doubling down.