Pipeline populism: Can Jeff Barth ride surge of landowner discontent to South Dakota PUC upset?

With deficits in voter registration, name recognition and financing, Jeff Barth, the Democratic candidate for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, should be dead in the water in his bid to unseat incumbent Chris Nelson. But, with widespread anger stemming from two planned carbon pipelines in the eastern part of the state, Barth has his message, and his chance.

Related Keywords

Minnehaha County ,South Dakota ,United States ,Gregory County ,Leola ,Hand County ,Mcpherson County ,Iowa ,Moody County ,North Dakota ,Meade County ,Clayton Rentschler ,Ken Stofferahn ,Adam Thury Mitchell ,A Jeff Barth ,Chris Nelson ,Mikkel Pates Agweek ,Jeff Barth ,Rose Pownell ,Jay Poindexter ,Public Utilities Commission ,Summit Carbon Solutions ,Jason Harward Forum News Service ,Opponents Of The Summit Carbon Solutions ,Moody ,Dakota Public Utilities Commission ,Forum News Service ,Supreme Court ,Dakota Supreme Court ,Carbon Pipeline Forum At Dakotafest ,Beadle County Republican Women ,Forum News ,South Dakota Public Utilities Commission ,Carbon Pipeline Forum ,Public Utilities ,South Dakota House ,Summit Carbon ,Mark Lapka ,Ask Chris Nelson ,Beadle County Republican ,Northwestern Bell Telephone ,South Dakota Supreme ,South Dakota State Fair ,Eminent Domain ,Private Gain ,Commissioner Nelson ,