Populist push falls short in South Dakota GOP contest for Public Utilities nod
Rep. Peri Pourier comes up eight votes shy as delegates nominate former lawmaker Don Haggar
CORRECTION: Pourier is running for the state Senate as an independent. That was incorrectly reported in an earlier version of this story. The Dakota Scout regrets the error.
RAPID CITY — A former Democratic leader in the South Dakota Legislature came within eight votes Saturday of capturing the Republican nomination for one of the state’s top utility regulatory offices.
Riding populist and anti-establishment sentiment among delegates at the South Dakota Republican Party convention, state Rep. Peri Pourier narrowly fell short in her bid for the Republican nomination for the Public Utilities Commission.
