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The North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the national Democratic Party. It was formed as the outcome of a merger of two parties;the state previously had a three-party political system. It is one of only two state Democratic Party affiliates to have a different name from the central party,the other being the neighboring Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. The party currently controls none of North Dakota's federal or statewide elected offices.
Merle Boucher is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party politician who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives,representing the 9th district from 1991 to 2011. He served as Minority Leader from 1996 to 2011.
The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party.
The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Legislative Assembly consists of two chambers,the lower North Dakota House of Representatives,with 94 representatives,and the upper North Dakota Senate,with 47 senators. The state is divided into 47 constituent districts,with two representatives and one senator elected from each district. Due to the Legislative Assembly being a biennial legislature,with the House and Senate sitting for only 80 days in odd-numbered years,a Legislative Council oversees legislative affairs in the interim periods,doing longer-term studies of issues,and drafting legislation for consideration of both houses during the next session.
David Paul Maskinbak O'Connell is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party politician who represented the 6th district in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 2016. He served as North Dakota Senate Minority Leader from 1989 to 2011,eventually stepping down from party leadership to spend more time with his wife,who was having health problems at the time. Before serving in the Senate,he was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1983 through 1988.
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 politics of North Dakota were shaped historically by early settlement by people from the Northern Tier,who carried their politics west ultimately from New England,upstate New York,and the Upper Midwest. The area and state also received numerous European immigrants and migrants,particularly during the era of opening up of former Native American lands for sale and settlement.
Timothy Mathern is a state senator in North Dakota. He also unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Dakota in 2008.
Joan Heckaman is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate,representing the 23rd district since 2007. She has been Senate Minority Leader since December 2016.
Tracy Potter is an American historian,politician and member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He represented District 35 in the North Dakota Senate from 2006 to 2010 and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and for Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2012. From 1993 to 2015,he served as executive director of The Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation.
Carolyn Nelson is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate,representing the 21st district since 1994. She currently serves as Assistant Minority Leader. She was previously a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives,representing the 45th District from 1986 through 1988,and the 21st District from 1992 through 1994.
Ryan M. Taylor is an American politician. A member of the Democratic-NPL Party,he served as the North Dakota State Senator from the 7th district from 2003 to 2013. Taylor spent his final two years as minority leader. He left the North Dakota Senate to run for the governorship,but was defeated by incumbent Republican Jack Dalrymple in the general election.
Pam Gulleson is a former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,representing the 26th district from 1993 to 2009. She is now Vice President of Public Affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.
Joe T. Kroeber is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives,representing the 12th district since 1999. He previously served from 1991 through 1995.
Ralph Metcalf is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives,representing the 24th district since 1999.
Kenton B. Onstad is the former Democratic-NPL Minority Leader in the North Dakota House of Representatives and was one of the two members who represents District 4,which is composed of Mountrail County,the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,portions of Mercer County and a northern portion of Dunn County.
The 2008 North Dakota gubernatorial election took place on 4 November 2008 for the post of Governor of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Governor John Hoeven was easily reelected again,defeating Democratic-NPL challenger Tim Mathern. The primaries took place on June 10,2008. John Hoeven outperformed John McCain,the Republican presidential nominee,by about 21%. McCain defeated Democratic nominee Barack Obama 53%-45% in the statewide presidential election on the same night.
McLain Joseph Schneider is an American attorney and politician who represented the 42nd district in the North Dakota Senate from 2009 until his reelection defeat in 2016. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he served as the Senate Minority Leader from 2013 until the end of his Senate tenure. He was the Democratic-NPL endorsed candidate for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota. In September 2022,President Joe Biden announced Schneider as the nominee to serve as the United States attorney for the District of North Dakota
George Brevard Sinner is an American politician and member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party who served as a member of the North Dakota Senate,representing the 46th district from 2013 to 2017. Sinner is the son of former Governor George A. Sinner and was the D-NPL nominee for North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the 2014 election.
North Dakota held two statewide elections in 2016:a primary election on Tuesday,June 14,and a general election on Tuesday,November 8. In addition,each township elected officers on Tuesday,March 15,and each school district selected a date between April 1 and June 30 to hold their elections. This would have been the first election since the state legislature revoked the ability to use a student or military ID to satisfy state ID voting requirements,but a court ruling in August struck the down the provision,and the election was held under the 2013 rules.
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- ↑ "Senator Tim Mathern". North Dakota Legislative Assembly . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
