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Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard Announces Campaign For Governor

Lt. Governor Dennis Daugaard officially announces his candidacy for Governor of South Dakota in a series of announcement events on Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6.

The first event will be held on Monday, October 5 at the Daugaard family farmsite, which was settled by Daugaard’s grandparents in 1911 and has been home to four generations of the Daugaard family. This event will be followed by six more events across South Dakota.

The complete announcement tour schedule is as follows:

Monday, October 5

9:30 CT Daugaard Farm – 24930 480th Avenue, Garretson, SD Mid-way between Sioux Falls and Brookings – detailed directions below

12:30 CT Capital University Center – 925 E Sioux Ave, Pierre, SD

2:30 MT Black Hills Visitor Center – 1851 Discovery Cir, Rapid City, SD

Tuesday, October 6

8:30 CT MFG Manufacturing – 1401 Brown County 19, Aberdeen, SD

11:00 CT Lake Area Tech (new Energy Lab) - MET Bldg, 1100 block of Arrow Ave, Watertown, SD

1:30 CT Enertech Manufacturing – 5751 Airport Rd, Mitchell, SD

4:00 CT RTEC – 1200 W 21st St, Yankton, SD

Members of the media are invited to attend each of these events. Lt. Governor Daugaard will be available for questions following each event.

Directions to Daugaard farmsite:

Take I-29 to Exit 94 (Baltic) – Turn East onto 250th Street Go East 8.5 miles on 250th Street (through Baltic) to 480th Avenue Turn North on 480th Avenue – go 0.7 miles to Daugaard Farm, on right

Contact: Tony Venhuizen at 605-695-0777 or Chris Daugaard at 605-212-6869