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William Frederick Lemke was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He was also the Union Party's presidential candidate in the 1936 presidential election.
Mary Kathryn"Heidi" Heitkamp is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party,she was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from North Dakota. Heitkamp served as the 20th North Dakota tax commissioner from 1986 to 1992 and as the 28th North Dakota attorney general from 1992 to 2000. As of 2024,she is the last Democrat to hold or win statewide and/or congressional office in North Dakota.
Valley City State University (VCSU) is a public university in Valley City,North Dakota,United States. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1890 as Valley City State Normal School,a two-year teachers' college,it was authorized to confer bachelor's degrees in 1921 and changed its name to Valley City State Teachers College. With an expansion in programs outside teacher education after World War II,it became Valley City State College in 1963. In 1986,it was renamed State University of North Dakota-Valley City and a year later received its current name.
The Summit League,or The Summit,is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States,from Minnesota in the east,to the Dakotas,Nebraska and Colorado to the West,and Missouri and Oklahoma to the South. Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982,it rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989,then again as the Summit League on June 1,2007. The league headquarters are in Sioux Falls,South Dakota.
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.
The Bakken Formation is a rock unit from the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian age occupying about 200,000 square miles (520,000 km2) of the subsurface of the Williston Basin,underlying parts of Montana,North Dakota,Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The formation was initially described by geologist J. W. Nordquist in 1953. The formation is entirely in the subsurface,and has no surface outcrop. It is named after Henry O. Bakken (1901–1982),a farmer in Tioga,North Dakota,who owned the land where the formation was initially discovered while drilling for oil.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of North Dakota may face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in North Dakota,and same-sex couples and families headed by same-sex couples are eligible for all of the protections available to opposite-sex married couples;same-sex marriage has been legal since June 2015 as a result of Obergefell v. Hodges. State statutes do not address discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity;however,the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County established that employment discrimination against LGBTQ people is illegal under federal law.
Solar power in North Dakota has been a little-used resource. The state ranks last on installed solar power in the United States,with .47 MW of installed capacity. Solar on rooftops can provide 24.6% of all electricity used in North Dakota from 3,300 MW of solar panels. The most cost effective application for solar panels is for pumping water at remote wells where solar panels can be installed for $800 vs. running power lines for $15,000/mile.
Keith Kempenich is an American politician. He is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 39th District,serving since 1992. He is a member of the Republican party.
The state of North Dakota has improved in its treatment of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender residents in the late 1990s and into the 21st Century,when the LGBT community began to openly establish events,organizations and outlets for fellow LGBT residents and allies,and increase in political and community awareness.
The 2020 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of North Dakota,concurrently with other federal and statewide elections,including the U.S. presidential election. Incumbent Republican governor Doug Burgum and lieutenant governor Brent Sanford were both re-elected to a second term.
Cara D. Mund is an American attorney and former beauty pageant titleholder from Bismarck,North Dakota. In June 2017,she was crowned Miss North Dakota 2017. On September 10,2017,she was crowned Miss America 2018 in Atlantic City and became the first contestant from North Dakota to win the competition.
Kelly Michael Armstrong is an American lawyer and politician who is the Governor-elect of North Dakota,presently serving as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the North Dakota state senator from the 36th district from 2012 to 2018 and chair of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2015 until 2018. On January 23,2024,he announced he would not seek re-election to the House,and would instead run in the 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election. Armstrong won the Republican primary on June 11,2024,and defeated Democratic nominee Merrill Piepkorn in the general election.
Jason Richard Ravnsborg is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as Attorney General of South Dakota from 2019 until his removal in 2022. Ravnsborg ran for the U.S. Senate in 2014,losing in the Republican primary to former Governor Mike Rounds,who won the general election.
Ben Koppelman is an American politician and building contractor who has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 16th district since 2012.
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.
Thomas Beadle is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. A Republican,he is the North Dakota State Treasurer. Beadle was previously a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
Paul J. Thomas is an American farmer,businessman,and politician serving as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 6th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on December 1,2020.
Bill Tveit is an American politician. He has been a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives representing District 33 since December 1,2018. His current term ends on December 1,2022. Tveit is on the Agriculture and Human Services Committees. He lives in Hazen,North Dakota.
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- ↑ "North Dakota House members buy car for parking attendant". AP NEWS. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ↑ Dura, Jack (2 August 2019). "Little to no interest to change North Dakota's Sunday laws for vehicle, booze sales". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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