State Representative Paula Hawks will challenge Representative Kristi Noem in next year’s election. Hawks is a two-term state representative from Hartford. She talks about why she is running against Noem.
She says she will focus on some specific issues in her campaign.
Representative Noem won against her Democratic challenger by more than 30 percentage points in 2014. Hawks says she will learn from the campaigns of Noem’s former challengers.
Hawks is the first Democrat to announce a run against Noem.