North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said he has repaid a Minnesota electric utility $37 Trace McSorley Jersey ,000 for tickets the company provided him and his wife for Sunday’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis.

The Republican governor on Wednesday said he reimbursed Xcel Energy ”to eliminate even the perception of any conflict.”

Burgum and first lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum watched the game from a suite provided by Xcel, which serves more than 90,000 customers in Grand Forks, Fargo and Minot. He said before going that he planned to use the opportunity to talk with Xcel officials about their service and infrastructure in North Dakota.

The trip drew criticism even from within his own party.

”We can’t be doing that,” GOP Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner said. ”I don’t think the governor was influenced in any way but we as state officials just need to use good judgment.”

Burgum, in a statement, said the tickets ”have not influenced, and will not influence, my decision-making as governor. However, to eliminate even the perception of any conflict, I have reimbursed Xcel Energy for the full cost of the tickets.”

Earlier Wednesday, his office said that an ethics policy was being written for the governor and his staff. But it was in progress before the governor was criticized over the Super Bowl Ed Oliver Jersey , according to Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki.

”There wasn’t one in the governor’s office when we moved in,” Nowatzki said of an ethics policy. Burgum’s lawyer, Leslie Bakken Oliver, has been crafting such a policy for several months, the spokesman said.

”We don’t have a timeline” for when it will be done, Nowatzki said.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton paid more than $6,000 for his own ticket to the Super Bowl.

Democratic House Minority Leader Corey Mock of Grand Forks said if anyone could make the case for getting a free ticket to the game it would have been Minnesota’s governor. Burgum, a wealthy, former software executive, could afford his own, Mock said.

”That way, no one would question why you get to go to the biggest football game of the season at no cost http://www.billsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-cody-ford-jersey ,” he said.

During his campaign for governor, Burgum often talked about ”reinventing government,” shaking up the ”good old boy” party establishment and reining in ”runaway spending” as the state’s oil boom was fading.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Anderson went from having the Buffalo Bills lure him out of semiretirement one week, to taking over the starting job for injured rookie Josh Allen the next.So much for the 35-year-old having any chance of easing his way back into football some 10 months since attempting what Anderson once thought might well have been the last pass — an incompletion — of his 12-year career.“Things that happen in this game never amaze me,” Anderson said after practice Wednesday, a day after being informed he’ll start in Buffalo’s game at Indianapolis on Sunday.“I was fully aware of what I was getting myself into coming here,” he added. Obviously, not ideal. But we’re going to do the best we can.”It’s not an ideal situation because Anderson was signed to serve as Allen’s mentor. Allen, however, is now listed week to week after the first-round draft pick sprained the right elbow on his throwing arm in a 20-13 loss at Houston last weekend.What’s also troubling is how the Bills (2-4) had little choice but to go with Anderson ahead of turnover-prone backup Nathan Peterman, who has already thrown four interceptions in less than four quarters of playing time this season.Coach Sean McDermott acknowledged Peterman’s struggles as playing a factor in his decision Devin Singletary Jersey , before adding: “I feel like this is the right decision for our football team right now.”That leaves the Bills putting their trust in a newcomer unfamiliar with their playbook and personnel. There’s also the rust factor, given Anderson attempted just eight passes in three games with Carolina last season, and is 2-2 in four starts over the past seven years.“Yeah, I think that’s obvious,” McDermott said of Anderson’s limited playing time.On the plus side, McDermott said: “He brings experience, leadership, presence to the table and he’s worked hard the last week and a half here to get himself up to speed.”Anderson laughed when asked how long it might take to become accustomed to starting again.“Hopefully, very quickly,” he said. “It’ll take a minute to get used to it. But I think we’ll have a good plan.”That plan remains a work in progress, with Anderson preparing to inform offensive coordinator Brian Daboll by kickoff which plays he’s comfortable visualizing and which ones he can’t so they can be removed from consideration.“I’m not a rocket scientist, but I’m pretty smart http://www.billsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-dawson-knox-jersey ,” he said. “Yeah, we’re getting there.”Anderson, who has a 20-27 record as a starter, is at least familiar with several coaches.McDermott was the Panthers defensive coordinator during most of Anderson’s seven seasons in Carolina. Daboll held the same job in Cleveland in 2009 when Anderson went 3-4 in replacing Brady Quinn as the Browns starter.Anderson is also reunited with receiver Kelvin Benjamin, who spent his first 3½ seasons in Carolina before being traded to Buffalo a year ago.Anderson will become the third quarterback to start this season and ninth to start a game since the Bills selected EJ Manuel in the first round of the 2013 draft. The list includes Matt Cassel, who took the first snap on a trick play in the 2015 season opener before giving way to Tyrod Taylor.The Bills’ intention to gradually develop Allen as a backup was scrapped after Peterman faltered in a 47-3 season-opening loss at Baltimore. Allen started the next game and is 2-3 since.The 23-year-old’s development will now be limited to watching from the sideline and studying game film.“I’m looking at it as a blessing in disguise right now to see how he operates,” Allen said, referring to Anderson.Allen spoke while wearing a brace covering most of his right arm.He was hurt while being struck from both sides by Whitney Mercilus and Jadeveon Clowney. Mercilus hit Allen’s throwing arm just after the quarterback released the ball for a 39-yard completion to Benjamin. He stayed in the game for one more play — an incompletion to Zay Jones — before going down to one knee.“I knew at that point that me staying on the field was going to hurt the team,” he said. “It (stinks) but it is what it is.”Allen said it was the combination of being hit twice that caused the injury.McDermott said a second medical opinion confirmed the initial diagnosis of Allen’s injury being a sprain and not requiring surgery.