District 1 incumbent Republican Nick Fosness is seeking another term in the state legislature, representing District 1 in the state House of Representatives.
Fosness is a Republican, who despite serving one term, this is his first time running for office. He was appointed by Governor Larry Rhoden before the start of the last legislative session to fill the vacancy left by Chris Reder who relocated to Minnesota.
Fosness says he brings a common sense approach to dealing with issues in the state legislature…
Fossness talked about a host of issues, including housing. He says last year they were close to getting a bill passed and he hopes to keep working on that…
Fosness has been criticized by his opponents for carrying a bill offering tax breaks to data centers who choose to build in South Dakota. That bill did not make it out of committee. Fosness defended his position…
Fosness went on to say he worries South Dakota is getting left behind on some of these projects, and just because it happens outside our borders does not mean it doesn’t affect us…
The election will be held Tuesday November 3rd with early voting currenlty underway.
