Friday the special South Dakota senate committee investigating allegations of sexual abuse by a Democrat senator voted 6 to 3 to recommend censure by the full Senate.  Senator Dan Sutton will probably keep his job, but he will probably be reprimanded for his actions.  Sioux Falls TV station KELO, which has several satellite stations around the state, reported, "The senate committee didn't believe either side enough to expel or clear Sutton. Instead it was decided he should be reprimanded."

My original post on the subject noted than an AP story carried on FoxNews.com laid out the basic facts of the story, but failed to point out that Sutton was a Democrat until the last sentence.  KELO's story cited above identified Sutton as a Democrat with the very first word.  The online article from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader posted shortly after the vote took 9 sentences, or roughly half the article, to mention the party.  KDLT, the Sioux Falls NBC affiliate, failed to mention party at all in their censure story.

According to a state website, the South Dakota Senate has 20 Republicans and 15 Democrats.  Obviously, a straight party line vote by the Senate would mean trouble for Sutton.