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Forum Planned In US Senate Race

Days before the primary election, a Republican candidate for South Dakota’s open US Senate seat says she’s arranging her own candidate forum.

Annette Bosworth says she has purchased ad time on television and plans to post the full discussion on YouTube. She says one fellow candidate has expressed interest, but she doesn’t have details about the debate’s participants, format, time or date. Bosworth says the one statewide forum with all five Senate candidates on SDPB-TV lacked topics important to South Dakota Republicans.

"I think there are several issues that haven’t been touched on. Discussing further how our military would be addressed in the next cycle for a Senate candidate. How our schools and several of those issues. Even though there are state issues that have been very prevalent in our papers, I think there is a discussion about how much should be here in South Dakota and in the local decisions and which decisions should be further away. Where is that balance?" Bosworth says.

Bosworth faces four other Republicans for the party nomination. Governor Mike Rounds, State Senator Larry Rhoden, State Representative Stace Nelson and Jason Ravnsborg are also campaigning for the seat. The primary election is Tuesday.

Kealey Bultena grew up in South Dakota, where her grandparents took advantage of the state’s agriculture at nap time, tricking her into car rides to “go see cows.” Rarely did she stay awake long enough to see the livestock, but now she writes stories about the animals – and the legislature and education and much more. Kealey worked in television for four years while attending the University of South Dakota. She started interning with South Dakota Public Broadcasting in September 2010 and accepted a position with television in 2011. Now Kealey is the radio news producer stationed in Sioux Falls. As a multi-media journalist, Kealey prides herself on the diversity of the stories she tells and the impact her work has on people across the state. Kealey is always searching for new ideas. Let her know of a great story! Find her on Facebook and twitter (@KealeySDPB).
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