Edward Thomas Schafer is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000 and as the 29th United States secretary of agriculture from 2008 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. From January to July 2016 he served as interim president of the University of North Dakota.
Arthur Albert Link was an American politician and farmer of the North Dakota Democratic Party,and later the Democratic-NPL. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1971 to 1973 and as the 27th governor of North Dakota from 1973 to 1981.
Roger Johnson is past president of the National Farmers Union,and the immediate past North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. As of 2021,he is the most recent statewide elected Democrat to serve in the North Dakota state government.
Kevin John Cramer is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he represented North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Arne Dahl was a North Dakota Republican Party politician,who was first elected in November 1958,into the State House,as the representative for Wells County (Harvey),North Dakota. He continued to serve in elective offices until his death in 1974,at age 66. His last role was as North Dakota’s Commissioner of Agriculture.
Sarah Vogel is a North Dakota farm advocate,author,former politician,and lawyer who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1989 to 1997. As a lawyer,she specialized in agricultural law.
Barrie Ciliberti is an American professor and politician. He is a professor at the University of Maryland University College and current Republican legislator in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing District 4. He previously represented District 39 in the House of Delegates from 1995 to 1999.
William C. Gilbreath,a.k.a. W.C. Gilbreath,was an American politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1905 to 1914. He was born in McMinn County,Tennessee,but his family relocated to Illinois,where he was educated in the public schools and in Wesleyan University.
Tracy Potter is an American historian,politician and former member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He represented District 35 in the North Dakota Senate from 2006 to 2010 and in 2022. He was also the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2012. From 1993 to 2015,he served as executive director of The Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation.
Jasper Schneider is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party politician. Schneider represented the 21st legislative district in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2006 to 2009. In 2008,he ran for North Dakota Insurance Commissioner,losing narrowly with 49.7% of the vote. On September 30,2009,Schneider was appointed USDA Rural Development state director for North Dakota.
Drew Howard Wrigley is an American attorney,lawyer,and politician from North Dakota. Wrigley currently serves as the attorney general of North Dakota. He declared his candidacy for the office in early January 2022. Weeks later,then-incumbent Wayne Stenehjem died unexpectedly,and Governor Doug Burgum appointed Wrigley to serve the final year of that term. Wrigley was elected to a four-year term in November 2022,garnering 71% of the vote. Wrigley previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota from 2001 to 2009 and again from 2019 to 2021,appointed by President George W. Bush and Donald Trump,respectively. Between his terms as United States attorney,Wrigley served as the 37th lieutenant governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the U.S. representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of North Dakota in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with all other states' House of Representatives elections. Incumbent Republican representative Kevin Cramer,who has served in the seat since 2013,ran for re-election to a second two-year term in office. Cramer became the first Republican congressman to be re-elected in North Dakota since 1978.
Robert Joseph Auth is an American politician from New Jersey who represents the 39th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 14,2014.
Ricky Clark Becker is an American businessman and politician from Bismarck. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Republican from 2012 to 2022.
Douglas James Burgum is an American businessman and politician who served from 2016 to 2024 as the 33rd governor of North Dakota. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican nominee,businessman Donald Trump,and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic nominee,former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. North Dakota has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Erling George Haugland,known as Curly Haugland,is an American politician and businessman. He has served as the Republican National Committeeman for North Dakota since 1999. Haugland was elected chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party in 1999;he served one term and has since been elected to three four-year terms as committeeman.
Jefferson L. Ghrist is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 36 since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a member of the Caroline County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014.
Audrey Marie Cleary was a Democratic-NPL politician who represented District 49 in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003.
Bradley Howard Finstad is an American politician,farmer,and agricultural consultant serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district since 2022. Finstad represents a large section of southern Minnesota situated along the border with Iowa. A member of the Republican Party,Finstad served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 until 2009.
