War" Posted by Todd D. Epp at 12:04 AM Image via Wikipedia On this date, April 24, 2002, Fox News ran a story declaring the Tim Johnson / John Thune U.S. Senate race a "proxy war." Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51003,00.html South Dakota Senate Race a Proxy War Wednesday, April 24, 2002 By Carol McKinley