Tim Mahoney | |
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35th Mayor of Fargo | |
Assumed office December 2, 2014 Acting: December 2, 2014 – April 29, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Dennis Walaker |
Personal details | |
Born | Devils Lake,North Dakota,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Kathy Mahoney |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) Tufts University (MD) Harvard University (MHA) |
Timothy Mahoney is an American politician and physician who is currently serving as the 35th Mayor of Fargo,North Dakota. Having been appointed deputy mayor by Mayor Dennis Walaker in 2006,Mahoney took the role of acting mayor on December 2,2014,when Walaker died in office. [1] He won a special election for the balance of Walaker's second term on April 28,2015. [2] He was unopposed for a full term on June 12,2018. [3] He is a member of the Democratic-Non Partisan League. [4]
North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest,named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east,South Dakota to the south,and Montana to the west. North Dakota is part of the Great Plains region,characterized by broad prairies,steppe,temperate savanna,badlands,and farmland. North Dakota is the 19th largest state,but with a population of less than 780,000,it is the 4th least populous and 4th most sparsely populated. The state capital is Bismarck while the most populous city is Fargo,which accounts for nearly a fifth of the state's population;both cities are among the fastest-growing in the U.S.,although half of all residents live in rural areas.
Fargo is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. The population was 125,990 at the 2020 census,which was estimated to have grown to 133,188 in 2023,making it the 218th-most populous city in the United States. Fargo,along with its twin city of Moorhead,Minnesota,form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan statistical area,which had a population of 248,591 in 2020.
North Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Fargo,North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the state's land-grant university. As of 2021,NDSU offers 94 undergraduate majors,146 undergraduate degree programs,5 undergraduate certificate programs,84 undergraduate minors,87 master's degree programs,51 doctoral degree programs of study,and 210 graduate certificate programs. It is classified among "R1-Doctoral Universities –Very High Research Activity".
The 1968 United States Senate elections were elections for the United States Senate. Held on November 5,the 34 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. They coincided with the presidential election of the same year. The Republicans picked up five net seats in the Senate. This saw Republicans win a Senate seat in Florida for the first time since Reconstruction.
Dennis Walaker was an American politician who served as 34th mayor of Fargo,North Dakota. He was elected to a four-year term on June 13,2006,and took office on June 28,2006. He was re-elected twice during municipal elections held on June 8,2010,and June 10,2014. Walaker died in office during his third term as mayor. His deputy mayor,Tim Mahoney,served as mayor for the remainder of Mayor Walaker's final term.
The 2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,other United States Senate elections,United States House of Representatives elections,and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic-NPL Senator Kent Conrad decided to retire instead of running for reelection to a fifth term.
The 1968 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 5,1968. The incumbent,Republican Senator Milton Young,sought and received re-election to his fifth term,defeating North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate Herschel Lashkowitz,the mayor of Fargo,North Dakota since 1954.
Dean L. Bresciani is an American academic who served as the 14th president of North Dakota State University in Fargo from 2010 to 2022.
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 passed away 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 2012 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2012 to elect a Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Governor Jack Dalrymple succeeded to the office when then-Governor John Hoeven resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010. Dalrymple,a member of the Republican Party,won election to a full term. Ryan Taylor was the Democratic nominee. Dalrymple prevailed with 63% of the vote;he declined to seek re-election in 2016.
Jon Gilmore Lindgren is an American politician who was the mayor of Fargo,North Dakota,an advocate for LGBT rights,and a professor at North Dakota State University.
The 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This would have been the first time North Dakotans selected a governor under new voter ID requirements,in which a student ID was insufficient identification to vote,but a court ruling in August 2016 struck the down the provision;the election was held under the 2013 rules.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fargo,North Dakota,USA.
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 2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota,concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate,as well as other federal,state and local elections in North Dakota.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on November 6,2018,to elect the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the U.S. Senate election,as well as other statewide,legislative,and local elections.
The 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the governor of North Dakota,concurrently with the U.S. presidential election,as well as various other federal,state,and local elections. Primary elections took place on June 11,2024.
The Federal Building and U.S. Post Office at 657 2nd Ave. in Fargo,North Dakota,was built in 1969–70. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The 2022 Fargo mayoral election was held on June 14,2022. Incumbent mayor Tim Mahoney was re-elected with 40 percent of the approval votes,and was approved of on 64 percent of all ballots. This election was the first mayoral election held in Fargo,North Dakota,after the municipality voted to instate a ballot measure to use approval voting in the city in 2018. It was the first city in the country to implement approval voting,and along with St. Louis,Missouri,is one of two cities to use the system in the United States.
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