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Living Bakken-Style In D.C.

By   /  August 5, 2013  /  In Print, ND in DC, Top Stories  /  No Comments

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Cramer Shrugs Office Partisan Attacks While Living In His Office ~by Dale Wetzel – Dale@GreatPlainsExaminer.com~ BISMARCK, N.D. (GPN) — Facing his first re-election campaign as North Dakota’s Republican congressman, Kevin Cramer is taking flak for Congress’ struggles in approving federal farm legislation _ and even for his own campaign fundraising.   He points instead to […]

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Farm Bill Stalls In D.C. – Farm State Officials Scramble

By   /  July 1, 2013  /  In Print, ND in DC, State Politics  /  No Comments

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BISMARCK, N.D. (GPN) – North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and a top U.S. Agriculture Department official say the uncertain future of new federal farm legislation could hurt the nation’s jobs and trade outlook. The U.S. House’s failure to approve a farm bill before Congress’ July 4 holiday recess could also damage the re-election prospects […]

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National issues vie for local attention in Senate race

By   /  September 4, 2012  /  ND in DC, News, State Politics, Top Stories  /  No Comments

Heidi Heitkamp and Rick Berg are in a close race for the Senate seat now held by Sen. Kent Conrad..

North Dakota’s political history stands in contrast with most other states. Voters routinely split tickets between Republicans and Democrats, and in years when national issues have driven the debate, voters remain focused on hyper-local issues. This year, however, as the state emerges as one of the most closely watched battlegrounds in the fight for control […]

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Hoeven to play big role in crafting GOP national platform

By   /  August 6, 2012  /  ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  1 Comment

(Photo by Matt Bunk) U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, will be co-chair of the committee that will determine the party's platform at the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week.

WASHINGTON – Every four years, Democrats and Republicans publish a platform, putting in ink their positions on critical national policy issues. This time around, as Republicans prepare to nominate Mitt Romney for president in Tampa, a familiar face will help guide the committee tasked with crafting the platform — North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven. Hoeven […]

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Johnson first North Dakota native to run for president

By   /  July 18, 2012  /  ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

(Submitted Photo) Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, won the Libertarian Party's nomination for president after suspending his campaign as a Republican in late 2011. Johnson was born in Minot and is poised to become the first North Dakotan to qualify for the ballot in all 50 states.

Gary Johnson barely remembers the short time he lived in North Dakota. He recalls going to church and a few “really good memories of ice skating where we lived in Minot.” But that’s about it. After all, his family moved out of state when he was 3 years old. For the most part, Johnson is […]

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Berg supports bill that would violate ban on earmarks

By   /  June 18, 2012  /  ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

(Photo by Matt Bunk) Rep. Rick Berg supports a bill that would violate a House rule against congressional earmarks. Berg, a Republican, is running for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Heidi Heitkamp.

When he was elected to Congress, Rep. Rick Berg supported a ban on “earmarks” – a practice in which members of Congress can create new government spending, outside of normal procedures, to benefit a specific project, person or organization. But last month, Berg signed his name to a letter making a request that violates the […]

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InFocus with U.S. House candidate Brian Kalk

By   /  June 11, 2012  /  InFocus, ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

(Photo by Matt Bunk) Brian Kalk is running for the U.S. House. He faces fellow Republican Kevin Cramer in the June 12 primary. The winner will take on Democrat Pam Gulleson in the general election in November.

Brian Kalk would rather stand than sit. He always seems alert. And he rarely fidgets, even during hour-long interviews about his candidacy for the U.S. House. His demeanor suits his background. Kalk enlisted in the Marines Corps in 1987 because he wanted to see the rest of the world. There wasn’t much going on in […]

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U.S. Senate candidates face off on federal budget

By   /  May 25, 2012  /  Guest Op-Eds, ND in DC, News, Opinion, Top Stories  /  No Comments

Heidi Heitkamp, Rick Berg and Duane Sand wrote opinion columns in the May edition of the Great Plains Examiner to explain what they would do to fix the federal budget.

The Great Plains Examiner asked the three U.S. Senate candidates in North Dakota to write opinion columns on the topic of the federal budget. Democrat Heidi Heitkamp and Republicans Rick Berg and Duane Sand all responded by writing columns of 550 words or less, which were published in the May edition of the Examiner. Here […]

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InFocus with U.S. House candidate Pam Gulleson

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  InFocus, ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  No Comments

(Submitted photo) Pam Gulleson, a Democrat who is running for North Dakota's U.S. House seat, is shown at the party's state convention in Grand Forks earlier this year.

Pam Gulleson is a farmer and rancher. And she always has been. She grew up as the sixth of seven children on a dairy farm north of Oakes. The way she puts it, she and her siblings “were the labor force” that helped keep the family farm operating. After graduating from North Dakota State University […]

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National Democrats, PACs give big to Gulleson

By   /  May 8, 2012  /  ND in DC, News, Top Stories  /  3 Comments

(Submitted Photos) Pam Gulleson, Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk are in a fundraising battle as they seek election to North Dakota's U.S. House seat.

Rick Berg’s decision to abandon his seat in the U.S. House and run for the Senate has opened the door to a whole new group of candidates seeking to join the state’s congressional delegation. On the Democratic side in the race for Berg’s seat, the nomination is settled, with former state Rep. Pam Gulleson having […]

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