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PUC Candidates Push to Election Day

PUC Candidates Push to Election Day

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The democratic candidate for South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner, Remi Bald Eagle, says he has focused on running a positive campaign…..

Bald Eagle says we all have to live together after the election too…

Bald Eagle says he has tried to explain the role of the PUC to voters…

Current South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gary Hanson is running for his fourth six year term on the commission.

He says he is hearing from voters…

Hanson says Commissioners have to follow the law and facts in each case before them…

Hanson says a big change at the Commission in his time is seeing all of their documents moving online and becoming publicly available…

Libertarian Devin Saxon is also running for the PUC.

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