MINOT, N.D. (AP) - Appointed Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak has the approval of Republican convention delegates to seek a permanent seat in 2014.
Fedorchak went unchallenged for the endorsement on Saturday in Minot.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple appointed Fedorchak to fill the seat in 2012, after it had been vacated by Republican Kevin Cramer who was elected to the U.S. House.
The three-member commission regulates coal mining, land reclamation, pipelines, electric and gas utilities, grain elevators, telecommunications and auctioneers.
Tyler Axness, fresh off one term in the state Senate, was nominated by Democrats last week for the two-year term on the Public Service Commission.
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