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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 |
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| 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. The election was won by the incumbent commissioners.
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. The Commission contains five Commissioners,and Flakoll Represents District 1. 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.
Senator Flakoll served on the Senate Education committee for 18 years including serving as vice-chairman and as chair from 2012 - 2016. Flakoll Chaired the Senate Agriculture committee for ten years from 2002 until 2012. All bills in North Dakota receive hearings and votes on the floor. 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.
Flakoll was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate,serving his term in 2013-2014 (limited by rule to one term).
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. During those years the club qualified for the playoffs every year. Baseball America magazine named the 1998 RedHawks the Independent Team of the Decade for the 1990s (FMRedHawks.com).As VP and General Manager the RedHawks won their club's first Northern League Championship and set annual attendance records. [1]
Flakoll is an owner of the family ranch/farm in the Dakotas.
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.
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