wismer: thank you.nk the major take away for the state from this episode ought to be that it is an example of the consequences of what happens when we allow state government to be so completely in control of one party for 40 years, not just legislative but executive as well. that's -- and having a democrat in the governor's chair would solve that problem. of what i see as i'd tear apart or try to understand all of the pieces of the spousal is that the lines between public and private have become so blurred over the last 40 years that it is difficult for those involved to tell the difference between. as a member of government operations and audit committee, from the beginning of was asking, let's not just talk about what it was that this governor wants to talk about, which is the top picks of the three audits he prescribed. instead i asked that we talk about the program because i knew that that is where, as a resident of the northeastern part of the state, i knew that there were bad things happening and

wismer: thank-you.running for governor for the people of south dakota that are not being represented today. i am running because i believe in a healthy, open discussion. competition is good for business. a competition of ideas would be good for state government . about half that and south dakota for a long time. i am running because this administration has failed to recognize how the real challenges that the state faces. and those challenges will be addressed until i am governor. you know, politics has become more like football. we cheer for our favorite team no matter how well their plane. but electing the governor is not about team loyalty. it is about choosing a leader with the right priorities in. so i challenge our viewers tonight. listen for the differences between the candidates and vote for though once you understand the challenges that we face in south dakota thank you. >> moderator: thanks to all three of you proceeded is now time for the question and answer portion kia. names were drawn to de

again, representative susan wismer first. wismer: well, the first thing we could do is expand medicaid. we are passing on the $5 million a week investment in our in state health care institution. i will stay away from the rest of the medicaid expansion discussion assuming we will talk about that later. but it is having severe affects on the health of all of our institutions because windy affordable care act was passed, it was passed with the assumption that there would be far fewer patients that did not have insurance. there would be a far less degree of uncompensated care. because we still do still have 48,000 non covered residence hospitals still have the same degree of non

michael myers, then representative susan wismer followed by governor dennis daugaard. we will then rotate that order for each new question. michael, here is your question. it is about education. south dakota ranks in the bottom for teacher pay and is dwarfed by all neighboring states. could you concisely answer how you plan to improve south dakota education system for teachers? and this comes from travis in rapid city. myers: i come down to parent teacher control. my daughter worked as a teacher up in central, drove the bus to monitor the halls, broke up fights and the playground, did it all. and the mandate that comedown from common core and so one dictate at different kind of way to teach. we need better funding.

republican governor dennis do guard against challenger, susan wismer. governor do guard was first elected in 2010 with 61% of the vote. this is courtesy of south dakota broke -- public broadcasting and runs an hour. >> you are watching a production of 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

democratic candidate, state representative, susan wismer. if you missed part of the broadcast you can listen to the audio version of the debate tomorrow on sdpbrodow's mid-dow program. that noon central, 11:00 a.m. mountain. tonight's televised debate us -- is archived on our web site. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span is bringing you over 100 senate, house, and governor debates, and you can instantly share your reactions to what the .andidates are saying the battle for control of congress. stay in touch by following us on twitter or liking us on facebook. >> coming up that 5:00, wendy sherman talks about the nuclear .alks with iran more campaign 2014 coverage coming up tonight, coverage of new york's 20 third congressional district debate tom reed and his challenger, martha roby it's in. here is a look at some of the ads running in that district. robertson's extreme liberal agenda is already hurting us. robertson opposed refitting a

democratic candidates, state representative susan wismer. welcome to all of you and thank you for participating in tonight's debate. names were drawn to determine the order of our opening statement. that order will be governor dennis daugaard, then michael meyers, followed by representative susan wismer. governor, you have one minute. you can begin. >> thank you, susan. four years ago i came asking for a job, and you gave me a big one. a lot has changed since then. my family has grown. i have added a daughter-in-law and three new grand kids. one grandchild on the way. a lot more has changed. together we balance the budget without using gimmicks are raising taxes. we stood up to record flooding of the missouri river. we initiated reform of our criminal justice system to make the public safer, to hold offenders accountable and to save money. we added thousands of jobs recovering through a new post recession high. along the way we added new programs for our young people with programs that are high schools, technical schools, and our public univ

democratic candidate, state representative, susan wismer. if you missed part of the broadcast you can listen to the audio version of the debate tomorrow on sdpbrodow's mid-dow program. that noon central, 11:00 a.m. mountain. tonight's televised debate us archived on our web site. >> be part of c-span's campaign 2014 coverage. follow us on twit are and luke us on -- like us on facebook. >>> in alaska, republican sean parnell is running for re-election against independent party challenger bill walker and libertarian party candidate car lynn clip. this debate is courtesy of the ketchikan daily news and runs an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2014 ketchikan gubernatorial debate. good to see so many of you here today. thank you for coming out. i'll have some quick things to bring up. to eliminate the possibility of sound interference the management here recommends turning off the cell phones, please. if you can turn toes off, that would be greatly appreciated. and if you're finished with cups, put them under the seat in front of you