Sioux Falls, South Dakota (CNN) -- Rick Weiland says when he was walking down the street making the music video for the song he wrote, a woman stopped him and thought he was country crooner Merle Haggard. You can't blame her for being confused. It's not every day a candidate for Senate plays the guitar and puts his campaign message to song, let alone make a music video. "I'm running for the Senate but I ain't a big wheel. I don't have an RV just my automobile. Hey, hey, no one's bought me," sings Weiland in the folksy, cheeky video.
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A race for an open Senate seat in South Dakota was supposed to be an easy GOP pickup.
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GOP hopefuls Mike Rounds has struggled to consolidate his party in this right of center state.
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Former Republican Sen. Larry Pressler is running as an independent.
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The Democratic candidate Rick Weiland has made waves with his country music videos.
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