South Dakota governor bucks party line with transgender veto

Daugaard — who says he has no aspirations to remain in politics once his second term expires — said he waited until after the vote on the tax bill before revealing his decision to veto the transgender bathroom measure, so that it wouldn't affect the outcome.

Observers, including opponents of the measures, either dismiss the possibility of political retribution for his departure from Republican orthodoxy, or point out that the governor doesn't plan to continue his political career beyond the end of his current term.

State House Majority Leader Brian Gosch, who opposed the tax increase, said it's unlikely to be undone, and that supporters of the transgender student bathroom bill would have difficulty mustering support to override the governor's veto.