Mark Weber | |
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Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 22nd district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Gary Lee |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Jadene |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Hank Weber (Father) |
Residence(s) | Casselton,North Dakota,U.S. |
Education | North Dakota State University (BS,MS) |
Mark F. Weber is an American politician,farmer,and businessman serving as a member of the North Dakota Senate from the 22nd district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed on December 1,2020.
Weber’s father,Hank Weber,served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1963-64 and 1967-80 as a democrat. [1]
Weber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanized agriculture and Master of Science in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University. [2]
Weber has worked as a farmer and was the director of the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo,North Dakota for 6 years. [3]
During the 2020 North Dakota Senate election,longtime incumbent state senator Gary Lee announced he would retire after serving since 2001. Weber would run for the seat unopposed in the primary. [4] Weber would later win the general against democrat Laetitia Hellerud with 68% of the vote. [5]
Weber serves as the Vice Chairman for the senate Taxation &Finance Committee [6] along with being a member of the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs committee. [7]
Weber announced he would run for re-election in 2024. [8] Originally,Weber was challenged in the primary by high schooler Nicholas Stensland, [9] but would eventually win the primary unopposed and go on to the general without a democrat challenger. [10]
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