It's not a novelty for them as much as it is in western North Dakota.

I don't think we should be ashamed of the North Dakota Lottery. It is a very highly visible, very growth-oriented industry. As the director for the lottery, I don't think I would have a long-term tenure ... if I did not intend to promote sales of lottery tickets.

We definitely de-winged North Dakota.

North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?

Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota.

We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.