Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem received a $139,750 advance - just slightly more than her yearly governor salary - for the book where she detailed her killing her family’s dog and help slow her political ambitions.
This is how much Kristi Noem’s advance was for book that blew up in her face The South Dakota Governor wrote about killing 14-month dog because it was ‘untrainable’ - and the tale helped dim her political star.
Noem wrote in her most recent book, about how she attempted to use her dog Cricket’s “aggressive personality” for hunting but that the dog’s behavior problem continued.
The disclosures also show that Noem received $40,000 for her first book advance and that her husband, who works for an insurance firm, has a salary of about $1.1 million.
The story went viral when the book was released, and Noem has defended her decision to kill the dog amid widespread criticism.
