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Former South Dakota Sen. Jim Abourezk, ally of RECs, dies at 92

02/25/23 4:24 PM By Jim Webster
KEYWORDS Cuba trade embargo Jim Abourezk rural electric cooperatives Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs

Former Sen. James G. Abourezk, D-S.D., who launched a short congressional career with a boost from his state’s rural electric cooperatives during a high-profile referendum campaign in 1969, died in Sioux Falls on Friday, his 92nd birthday.

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