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Tim Flakoll | |
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| Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 44th district | |
| In office December 1, 1998 –December 1, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Berg |
| Succeeded by | Merrill Piepkorn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8,1959 Ellendale,North Dakota,United States |
| Political party | Republican |
Tim Flakoll (born October 8,1959) is an American business owner,community leader and politician.
On March 15,2018,Flakoll announced his candidacy for a seat on the Fargo,ND City Commission.[ citation needed ] The election was won by the incumbent commissioners.[ citation needed ]
Flakoll was elected to a four-year term on the Cass County Commission with 98.48% of the vote (70,528 votes) on November 5,2024.[ citation needed ] It was the highest number of total votes received by a County Commission candidate through the first 135 years of North Dakota statehood.[ citation needed ] The Commission contains five Commissioners,and Flakoll Represents District 1.[ citation needed ] He was a member of the North Dakota State Senate from the 44th District of North Fargo,serving from December 1,1998,through November 30,2016.[ citation needed ]
Senator Flakoll served on the Senate Education committee for 18 years including serving as vice-chairman and as chair from 2012 - 2016.[ citation needed ] Flakoll Chaired the Senate Agriculture committee for ten years from 2002 until 2012.[ citation needed ] All bills in North Dakota receive hearings and votes on the floor.[ citation needed ] In the 14 years that Flakoll Chaired the Senate Education or Senate Agriculture committees,those committees never lost a committee recommendation on the Senate floor during a floor vote.[ citation needed ]
Flakoll was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate,serving his term in 2013-2014 (limited by rule to one term).[ citation needed ] He was the 65th person to be elected to that position.[ citation needed ] In the absence of the Lt. Governor,the President Pro Tempore presides over Senate floor sessions and can sign bills upon passage.[ citation needed ]
He is a member of the Republican party.
Flakoll was a founding employee member of the Fargo Moorhead RedHawks minor league professional baseball team. From 1995 to 2001 he served in various positions of increasing responsibility including vice-president and General Manager.[ citation needed ] During those years the club qualified for the playoffs every year.[ citation needed ] In 1998 the RedHawks won their first league championship with an alltime league best 64-21 regular season record and 70-22 with playoffs.[ citation needed ] The record still stands. [1] Baseball America magazine named the 1998 RedHawks the Independent Team of the Decade for the 1990s (FMRedHawks.com).[ citation needed ] As VP and General Manager the RedHawks won their club's first Northern League Championship and set annual attendance records. [2]
Flakoll is an owner of the family ranch/farm in the Dakotas.[ citation needed ]
Flakoll has served as Provost for Tri-College University of Fargo-Moorhead,which includes Concordia College of Moorhead,MSUM,NDSU,M State and the North Dakota State College of Science. Tri-College campuses had a combined enrollment of more than 35,000 full and part-time students.[ citation needed ]
Flakoll was named Provost Emeritus by NDSU in 2024.[ citation needed ]
https://www.ndsu.edu/institutes/northernplainsethics/people/advisory_board/ https://www.homewardonline.org/about-us/staffandboard.html/title/tim-flakoll
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