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Mark Andrews was an American politician from the state of North Dakota. He was a member of the Republican Party who served in both chambers of the United States Congress,the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1981 and the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987.
Quentin Northrup Burdick was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death,he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.
Martin Nelson Johnson was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States representative and senator from North Dakota.
Richard Alan Berg is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Berg served on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his election to Congress in 2010,he served in the state North Dakota House of Representatives,with stints as majority leader and speaker. On May 16,2011,Berg announced his run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad but lost narrowly to Democrat Heidi Heitkamp on November 6,2012.
The politics of North Dakota were shaped historically by early settlement by people from the Northern Tier,who carried their politics west ultimately from New England,upstate New York,and the Upper Midwest. The area and state also received numerous European immigrants and migrants,particularly during the era of opening up of former Native American lands for sale and settlement.
James Pomeroy was an American pastor in the United Methodist Church who served as a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate,representing the 27th district.
Howard Lynn Fargo was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,where he represented the 8th legislative district.
Dan Fabian is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 1A from 2015 to 2019 and as Minority Whip from 2019 to 2021. He represented all of Kittson,Roseau,and Marshall Counties,as well as portions of Pennington County in the northwestern part of Minnesota.
Randel Christmann is a Republican politician from North Dakota. He represented the 33rd district in the North Dakota Senate from 1995 to 2013. In 2012,he was elected to the North Dakota Public Service Commission,as one of three members elected statewide.
Joshua Boschee is an American politician,who was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the 2012 state elections. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he represents the 44th District in the legislature,serving alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.
McLain Joseph "Mac" Schneider is an American attorney and politician who has served as the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota since December 2022. He previously represented the 42nd district in the North Dakota Senate from 2009 until his reelection defeat in 2016. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 2013 until the end of his Senate tenure. He was the Democratic-NPL endorsed candidate for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota.
Tom Kading is an American politician,business owner,and lawyer.
North Dakota held two statewide elections in 2016:a primary election on Tuesday,June 14,and a general election on Tuesday,November 8. In addition,each township elected officers on Tuesday,March 15,and each school district selected a date between April 1 and June 30 to hold their elections. This would have been the first election since the state legislature revoked the ability to use a student or military ID to satisfy state ID voting requirements,but a court ruling in August struck the down the provision,and the election was held under the 2013 rules.
Marvin Nelson is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. He serves in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.
Gretchen Dobervich is an American politician. Dobervich is a Democratic-NPL member of the North Dakota House of Representatives who has represented District 11 since October 2016. District 11 is in south central Fargo and includes Fargo South High,Carl Ben Eielson Middle School,Lewis and Clark Elementary,and Lindenwood Park.
Karla Rose Hanson is an American politician who has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 44th district since 2016.
Austen Schauer is an American politician. He is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from District 13. He is a member of the Republican Party. He currently lives in West Fargo,North Dakota. He is married to Angela Tracy,whom he had three children with.
Shannon Roers Jones is an American attorney and politician. She served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 46th district since December 1,2016. She was the North Dakota House Republican Caucus Chairperson from 2019 to 2021.
Jeff A. Hoverson is an American politician,pastor and businessman who serves as a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives. He represents the 3rd district alongside Bob Paulson.
Hamida Dakane is a Kenyan-American politician who is the first Black and first Muslim person to serve in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. She was elected in 2022 as a Democrat to represent District 10 of the North Dakota House of Representatives,centered in Fargo.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Representative Blair Thoreson Freedom Speaks Profile Archived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 InsideAlec Archived December 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , November/December 2013 p. 4
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 North Dakota Legislative Assembly - Representative Blair Thoreson
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Project Vote Smart - Representative Blair Thoreson (ND)
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