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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 14, 1992 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Burdick" title="Jocelyn Burdick">Jocelyn Burdick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Heitkamp" title="Heidi Heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1987 – December 14, 1992</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Andrews_(politician)" title="Mark Andrews (politician)">Mark Andrews</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States Senate Committee on the Budget">Senate Budget Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judd_Gregg" title="Judd Gregg">Judd Gregg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Don Nickles</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">19th <a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Dakota_Tax_Commissioners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of North Dakota Tax Commissioners">Tax Commissioner of North Dakota</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 6, 1981 – December 2, 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allen_I._Olson" title="Allen I. Olson">Allen Olson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_A._Sinner" title="George A. Sinner">George Sinner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Byron Dorgan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Heidi Heitkamp</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Gaylord Kent Conrad</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1948-03-12</span>) </span>March 12, 1948<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 76)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck, North Dakota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Democratic-Nonpartisan_League_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party">D-NPL</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Pam Schafer</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(divorced)<wbr /></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Lucy Calautti</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1987)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Jessamyn Conrad</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kent_Conrad_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kent Conrad's signature"><img alt="" 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Kent Conrad in Criticism of Sen. Rand Paul Proposal for FY2013 Federal Budget.ogg">Kent Conrad's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="306" data-mwtitle="Sen._Kent_Conrad_in_Criticism_of_Sen._Rand_Paul_Proposal_for_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/Sen._Kent_Conrad_in_Criticism_of_Sen._Rand_Paul_Proposal_for_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg/Sen._Kent_Conrad_in_Criticism_of_Sen._Rand_Paul_Proposal_for_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Sen._Kent_Conrad_in_Criticism_of_Sen._Rand_Paul_Proposal_for_FY2013_Federal_Budget.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Kent Conrad criticizes <a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Rand Paul</a>'s proposal for the FY2013 federal budget<br />Recorded April 16, 2012</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kent Conrad</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a>. He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States Senate Committee on the Budget">Senate Budget Committee</a> for 12 years. </p><p>On January 18, 2011, Conrad announced that he was retiring from politics and would not run for reelection in <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota">2012</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-npr.org_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said in a statement that it was more important that "I spend my time and energy trying to focus on solving the nation's budget woes than be distracted by another campaign."<sup id="cite_ref-npr.org_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr.org-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fellow Democrat <a href="/wiki/Heidi_Heitkamp" title="Heidi Heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a> was elected to replace him. </p><p>Conrad currently co-chairs the <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Policy_Center" title="Bipartisan Policy Center">Bipartisan Policy Center</a>'s Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of <a href="/wiki/Issue_One" title="Issue One">Issue One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_a_Responsible_Federal_Budget" title="Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget">Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conrad was born in <a href="/wiki/Bismarck,_North_Dakota" title="Bismarck, North Dakota">Bismarck, North Dakota</a>, the son of Abigail and Gaylord E. Conrad.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was orphaned at a young age and subsequently raised by his grandparents in Bismarck.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He attended Roosevelt Elementary, Hughes Junior High, and <a href="/wiki/Wheelus_Air_Base" title="Wheelus Air Base">Wheelus Air Base</a> high school in <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli, Libya</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before eventually graduating from <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a>. He then went to college at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford</a>, and received an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">M.B.A.</a> from <a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_University" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Washington University">The George Washington University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conrad has been married twice. His first wife, Pam, is the sister of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former North Dakota Governor <a href="/wiki/Ed_Schafer" title="Ed Schafer">Ed Schafer</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they have a daughter, Jessamyn. Jessamyn Conrad is the author of <i>What You Should Know About Politics ... But Don't</i>, subtitled <i>a Nonpartisan Guide</i>, which was praised by <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 14, 1987, Conrad married Lucy Calautti, his 1986 Senate campaign manager, who is now a lobbyist for <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from college, Conrad became a <a href="/wiki/Civil_servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil servant">civil servant</a>, working as an assistant to the <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_State_Tax_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="North Dakota State Tax Commissioner">North Dakota State Tax Commissioner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a>, who later became his colleague in the Senate. Conrad made his first entry into politics when he ran unsuccessfully for the North Dakota Auditor's office in 1976. In 1980 Conrad succeeded Dorgan as Tax Commissioner. Conrad was state tax commissioner until 1986, when he ran for the Senate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate_career">U.S. Senate career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition,_and_Forestry" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Energy,_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology">Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Domestic_and_Foreign_Marketing,_Inspection,_and_Plant_and_Animal_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health">Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Production,_Income_Protection_and_Price_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support">Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States Senate Committee on the Budget">Committee on the Budget</a></b> (chairman)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Committee on Finance</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Energy,_Natural_Resources,_and_Infrastructure" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure">Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Taxation,_IRS_Oversight,_and_Long-Term_Growth" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth">Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth</a> (chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Economic_Growth" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth">Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Committee on Indian Affairs</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation">Joint Committee on Taxation</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg/220px-Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg/330px-Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg/440px-Senator_Kent_Conrad_and_President_Barack_Obama.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1921" data-file-height="1533" /></a><figcaption>Conrad with President Barack Obama</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> named Conrad one of "America's 10 Best Senators". That same year <i>The American</i> commended him for his knowledge of economic issues. Conrad endorsed <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. </p><p>Conrad was a leading member of the "<a href="/wiki/New_Energy_Reform_Act_of_2008" title="New Energy Reform Act of 2008">Gang of 10</a>", a conservative group that pushed for much greater <a href="/wiki/Offshore_drilling" title="Offshore drilling">offshore drilling</a> in sensitive environmental areas. He was well known for using charts as visual aids when speaking in the Senate, which earned him the nickname "Godfather of Charts."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Health_care">Health care</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2009 negotiations over reforming America's healthcare system, Conrad strongly opposed a "<a href="/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option" title="Public health insurance option">public option</a>." The AFL-CIO announced it would fund a primary challenge to Conrad in 2012 if he continued to oppose a public option.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On September 29, 2009, Conrad voted with Senate Finance Committee Republicans against an amendment to a health care bill that would have provided for a public option. He was supportive of the <a href="/wiki/Stupak-Pitts_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Stupak-Pitts Amendment">Stupak-Pitts Amendment</a>, which places limits on taxpayer-funded abortions in the context of the November 2009 <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Social_policies">Social policies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Social policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conrad is more politically conservative than most Democrats. He voted consistently in favor of banning the <a href="/wiki/Intact_dilation_and_extraction" title="Intact dilation and extraction">partial-birth abortion</a> medical procedure. He also opposes public funding of abortion, but voted in favor of lifting the ban on abortions on military bases.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conrad has a mixed record on gay rights. While he personally opposes gay marriage, he voted against a proposed constitutional ban on it and has supported bills that prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation. On January 31, 2006, Conrad was one of four Democrats to vote in favor of confirming Judge <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito">Samuel Alito</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fiscal_policies">Fiscal policies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fiscal policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 17, 2012, Conrad, a strong supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Simpson-Bowles_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Simpson-Bowles plan">Simpson-Bowles plan</a>, announced his plan to offer a version of it that he, as a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Reform" title="National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform">National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform</a>, helped to develop. Lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee could be forced to vote or modify the plan.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conrad was known for his deep understanding of monetary policies and budget issues. He identifies as a "deficit hawk", supporting a balanced federal budget,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but continues to support farm subsidies. He voted against Republican proposals to repeal the estate and alternative minimum taxes. He supported lower middle-class taxes, but increased taxes for people making more than $1 million per year. In 2010 he supported extending the expiring <a href="/wiki/Bush_tax_cuts" title="Bush tax cuts">Bush tax cuts</a> "at least until the economy is clearly recovering."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conrad was very vocal in his opposition to the spending policies of the <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="George W. Bush administration">George W. Bush administration</a>. He contended that Bush worsened the <a href="/wiki/Government_debt" title="Government debt">national debt</a>. Conrad also opposed most <a href="/wiki/Free-trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Free-trade">free-trade</a> measures and strongly supported subsidies to family farmers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Foreign_policy_and_national_security">Foreign policy and national security</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Foreign policy and national security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991 Conrad voted against approving the use of military force in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. He was one of only 23 senators to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_Resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq Resolution">war resolution of 2002</a>. While he initially voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/PATRIOT_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="PATRIOT Act">USA PATRIOT Act</a>, he has opposed <a href="/wiki/Warrantless_wiretapping" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrantless wiretapping">warrantless wiretapping</a> and government's continued use of the <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay</a> detention facility. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Countrywide_Financial_loan_scandal">Countrywide Financial loan scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Countrywide Financial loan scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Countrywide_financial_political_loan_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Countrywide financial political loan scandal">Countrywide financial political loan scandal</a></div> <p>In June 2008 it was reported that Conrad had received mortgages on favorable terms for a second home and an apartment building due to his association with <a href="/wiki/Countrywide_Financial" class="mw-redirect" title="Countrywide Financial">Countrywide Financial</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Angelo_R._Mozilo" class="mw-redirect" title="Angelo R. Mozilo">Angelo R. Mozilo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-portfolio_friends_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portfolio_friends-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conrad acknowledged that he had spoken with Mozilo by phone.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesFriends_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesFriends-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an April 23, 2004, email about one of Conrad's loans, Mozilo encouraged an employee to "make an exception due to the fact that the borrower is a senator."<sup id="cite_ref-portfolio_friends_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portfolio_friends-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conrad denied any prior knowledge of such treatment and gave the mortgage discount to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimesFriends_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesFriends-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (<a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington" title="Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington">CREW</a>) called on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics">Senate Ethics Committee</a> to investigate Conrad. In August 2009, after a yearlong inquiry, the Ethics Committee exonerated Conrad of any unethical behavior in his dealings with Countrywide.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1986 election, Conrad defeated the Republican incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Andrews_(politician)" title="Mark Andrews (politician)">Mark Andrews</a>, by 2,120 votes. Andrews had represented North Dakota at the federal level since 1963 (he had previously served in the House before moving to the Senate in 1981). </p><p>During the campaign, Conrad pledged that he would not run for reelection if the <a href="/wiki/Federal_budget_deficit" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal budget deficit">federal budget deficit</a> had not fallen substantially by the end of his term. By 1992 it became obvious that this would not be the case, and although polls showed that the electorate would have welcomed his reneging on that pledge, Conrad considered his promise binding and did not run for reelection. Byron Dorgan won the Democratic primary election. </p><p>Conrad received an opportunity to remain in the Senate when North Dakota's other senator, long-serving Dem-NPLer <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Burdick" title="Quentin Burdick">Quentin Burdick</a>, died on September 8, 1992. Burdick's widow, <a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Burdick" title="Jocelyn Burdick">Jocelyn Birch Burdick</a>, was appointed to the seat temporarily, but a special election was needed to fill the rest of the term. Viewing this opportunity as different from running for reelection, Conrad ran for and won the Democratic-NPL's nomination. He went on to win the special election, and was sworn in on December 14, 1992, resigning his original Senate seat the same day. (Conrad's original Senate seat was then filled by Dorgan, via appointment by the governor on December 15, 1992, to fill the seat for the brief period until he would have been sworn in under normal circumstances.) </p><p>Despite North Dakota's Republican leanings, Conrad was comfortably reelected in 1994—a year when Republicans won most of the Congressional seats that were not in heavily Democratic-leaning states. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986">1986</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota">1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota</a></div> <ul><li><b>Kent Conrad (D-NPL) 50%</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Andrews_(politician)" title="Mark Andrews (politician)">Mark Andrews</a> (R) (inc.) 49%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992">1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1992 United States Senate special election in North Dakota">1992 United States Senate special election in North Dakota</a></div> <ul><li><b>Kent Conrad (D-NPL) 63%</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dalrymple" title="Jack Dalrymple">Jack Dalrymple</a> (R) 34%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994">1994</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1994 United States Senate election in North Dakota">1994 United States Senate election in North Dakota</a></div> <ul><li><b>Kent Conrad (D-NPL) (inc.) 58%</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Clayburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Clayburgh">Ben Clayburgh</a> (R) 42%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000">2000</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota">2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota</a></div> <ul><li><b>Kent Conrad (D-NPL) (inc.) 61%</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duane_Sand" title="Duane Sand">Duane Sand</a> (R) 39%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota">2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota</a></div> <ul><li><b>Kent Conrad (D-NPL) (inc.) 69%</b></li> <li>Dwight Grotburg (R) 30%</li> <li>Roland Riemers (I) 1%</li> <li>James Germalic (I) 0.6%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kent_Conrad&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Dakota_Tax_Commissioners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of North Dakota Tax Commissioners">Tax Commissioner of North Dakota</a> </b><br />1981–1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Heitkamp" title="Heidi Heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Pam Pokorny</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_State_Auditor" title="North Dakota State Auditor">North Dakota State Auditor</a> </b><br />1976 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Austin "Jim" Engel</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Kent Johanneson</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota">1986</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Burdick" title="Quentin Burdick">Quentin Burdick</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 1</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1992 United States Senate special election in North Dakota">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="1994 United States Senate election in North Dakota">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2000 United States Senate election in North Dakota">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota" title="2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota">2006</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Heitkamp" title="Heidi Heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Andrews_(politician)" title="Mark Andrews (politician)">Mark Andrews</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from North Dakota">U.S. Senator (Class 3) from North Dakota</a> </b><br />1987–1992 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Burdick" title="Quentin Burdick">Quentin Burdick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Burdick" title="Jocelyn Burdick">Jocelyn Burdick</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Burdick" title="Jocelyn Burdick">Jocelyn Burdick</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_North_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from North Dakota">U.S. Senator (Class 1) from North Dakota</a> </b><br />1992–2013 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Hoeven" title="John Hoeven">John Hoeven</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Heitkamp" title="Heidi Heitkamp">Heidi Heitkamp</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States Senate Committee on the Budget">Senate Budget Committee</a> </b><br />2001–2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Don_Nickles" title="Don Nickles">Don Nickles</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Judd_Gregg" title="Judd Gregg">Judd Gregg</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget" title="United States Senate Committee on the Budget">Senate Budget Committee</a> </b><br />2007–2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Bob Packwood</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; 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Burdick</i></a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Burdick" title="Jocelyn Burdick"><i>J. Burdick</i></a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan"><i>B. Dorgan</i></a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan"><i>B. Dorgan</i></a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. Pomeroy</a> (D‑NPL)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States senators from North Dakota">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">K. Conrad</a> (D‑NPL)</li> <li><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">B. Dorgan</a> (D‑NPL)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_North_Dakota" title="List of United States representatives from North Dakota">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomeroy" title="Earl Pomeroy">E. 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