south dakota public broadcast. >> welcome to election 2014 brought to you by south dakota public broadcasting mia r.p. south dakota and the south dakota newspaper association. we have teamed up to bring you south dakota's gubernatorial debate. here are the rules and the instructions. each candidate will have a one

south dakota public broadcast. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to election 2014 brought to you by south dakota public broadcasting mia r.p. south dakota and the south dakota newspaper associationave teamed up to bring you south dakota's gubernatorial debate. here are the rules and the instructions. each candid will have a one minute opening statement. each candidate will have the opportunity for a one-minute closing statement at the end of the debate. the questions have been solicited from the friends of south dakota public broadcasting, members of aarp south dakota and members of the south dakota newspaper association. i will ask the questions on behalf of all three partners. we do ask that each can it did limit their answers to 90 seconds or less. each candidate will have 30 seconds for a bottle, should they feel that they needed, and each candidate will have equal opportunity to respond to all questions. now, let's meet our candid it's. republican candidates governor dennis dugard -- dennis daugaard, independent candidate michael meyers. democratic candidates, state representative susan wismer. welcome to all of you and thank you for participating in tonight's debate. names

questions have been solicited from the friends of south dakota public broadcasting, members of aarp south dakota and members of the south dakota newspaper association. i will ask the questions on behalf of all three partners. welcome to all of you. and thank you for participating in our debate tonight. names were drawn to determine the order of our opening statements. mr. wilend your name was drawn first. you have one minute, sir. >> over the past 18 months i have traveled to every town in south dakota listening and learning from the people of our state, hoping to earn the privilege to represent them in the united states senate. i got into this race because i believe, like many of the people i've talked to, tha