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District 18 Senate Candidates Square Off

District 18 Senate Candidates Square Off

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Candidates for the District 18 Senate seat debated at a forum last night at RTEC sponsored by the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Senate candidates, democrat Bernie Hunhoff and republican Matt Stone, were asked their top issue going into the 2015 legislative session.

Hunhoff says he sees the expansion of Medicaid…

 

Stone says it is difficult to set a priority list…

 

Hunhoff, back to Medicaid expansion, said it is a matter of life and death…

 

Stone says education funding is a major issue, and the money appears to be there already…

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