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B.</a></b> — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 2nd District, 1927-30; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/SD.html">1932</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-buried.html#cms02033">Bluff View Cemetery</a>, Vermillion, S.Dak. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="701.38.20">Gunderson, Adolph L.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="954.72.40">Gunderson, Bob</a></b> — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1992/NE.html">1992</a>. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="576.63.02">Gunderson, Brad</a></b> — of Sauk Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/BN-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Minn. Elected () <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/saukrapids.html">mayor of Sauk Rapids, Minn.</a> 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="937.67.83">Gunderson, C. H.</a></b> — of Irene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1939-46. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="444.14.84">Gunderson, C. J.</a></b> — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 2nd District, 1925-26; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Dakota</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="381.74.84">Gunderson, Carl</a> (1864-1933)</b> — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak.; Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-lived.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak. Born near Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-born.html">Clay County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/06-20.html">June 20, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/surveyor.html">surveyor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 2nd District, 1893-94, 1897-1902, 1917-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/snpr.html">President pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate</a>, 1899-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1921-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Dakota</a>, 1925-27; defeated, 1926; candidate in inconclusive primary 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-died.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/02-26.html">February 26, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 251 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-buried.html#cms02033">Bluff View Cemetery</a>, Vermillion, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#855.64.53">Hans Gunderson</a> and Isabel Johnson (Lee) Gunderson; married to Gertrude Bertlesen; nephew by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#646.60.28">Lyman Burgess</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#671.42.39">Andrew Ericson Lee</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11632.html">Lee-Gunderson family</a> of Vermillion, South Dakota.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/carl-gunderson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11210502">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="061.54.84">Gunderson, Carl Borge</a></b> — of Wisconsin. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-consuls.html ">Copenhagen</a>, 1918. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="366.69.75">Gunderson, Carlos</a></b> — of Price, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CR-lived.html">Carbon County</a>, Utah. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/price.html">Mayor of Price, Utah</a>, 1914-15. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="968.98.18">Gunderson, Carroll G.</a></b> — of Grants, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/CI-lived.html">Cibola County</a>, N.M. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NM.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/NM.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.46.54">Gunderson, Claus J.</a></b> — of Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MN.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MN.html">1908</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 58th District, 1907-14. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13132">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="763.42.84">Gunderson, Dexter H.</a> (1923-1989)</b> — of Irene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-18.html">May 18, 1923</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/SD.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 2nd District, 1957-58, 1961-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Dakota State House of Representatives</a>, 1969-70; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Dakota</a> 1st District, 1970. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/11-22.html">November 22, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 188 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="632.58.02">Gunderson, Genevieve</a> (d. 2001)</b> — of Minnesota. Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/09-25.html">September 25, 2001</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="813.27.73">Gunderson, Gilman T.</a></b> — of Lompoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SA-lived.html">Santa Barbara County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/lompoc.html">Mayor of Lompoc, Calif.</a>, 1932-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="855.64.53">Gunderson, Hans</a> (1832-1913)</b> — of Vermillion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.). Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/index.html">1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DK/ofc/trcn.html">Member Dakota territorial council</a>, 1877-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-20.html">September 20, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">about 81 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CL-buried.html#cms02033">Bluff View Cemetery</a>, Vermillion, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee1.html#671.42.39">Andrew Ericson Lee</a>; father of <a href="#381.74.84">Carl Gunderson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11632.html">Lee-Gunderson family</a> of Vermillion, South Dakota.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/61102109">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="396.61.49">Gunderson, Harold O.</a></b> — of Havre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-lived.html">Hill County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/havre.html#2">Havre, Mont.</a>, 1967-86 (acting, 1967-68). Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="685.21.85">Gunderson, Henry</a> (b. 1878)</b> — of Portage, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-lived.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/CO-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/06-20.html">June 20, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/WI.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin</a>, 1937; resigned 1937. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="033.10.34">Gunderson, Janice</a></b> — of Reno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NV.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="233.29.98">Gunderson, Mrs. Jerome</a></b> — of Mabel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MN.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="842.24.46">Gunderson, Jerome O., Sr.</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 35th District, 1977-80. Still living as of 1980. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10221">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="729.63.77">Gunderson, Leo</a></b> — of Weatherby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from DeKalb County, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="924.27.67">Gunderson, Lorraine</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of South Dakota</a>, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="345.58.71">Gunderson, Marjorie Kinnaird</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/rptr.html">Indiana reporter of state courts</a>, 1941-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="390.48.16">Gunderson, O. E.</a></b> — of Forest City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/IA.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="166.60.25">Gunderson, Ole</a></b> — of Brule Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 1st District, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="013.66.78">Gunderson, Ole</a></b> — of Power, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/TE-lived.html">Teton County</a>, Mont. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MT.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="341.05.18">Gunderson, Ole M.</a></b> — of Lyons, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MI-lived.html">Minnehaha County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1935-36. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="185.54.72">Gunderson, Russell O.</a></b> — of Minnesota. Clerk of the Minnesota supreme court; elected 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="132.81.84">Gunderson, Selmer W.</a></b> — of Spring Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wis. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Pierce County, 1941-50; defeated (Independent), 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="037.16.19">Gunderson, Seward M.</a></b> — of Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/IL.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gunderson, Steve</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#507.25.13">Steven Craig Gunderson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="507.25.13">Gunderson, Steven Craig</a> (b. 1951)</b> — also known as <b>Steve Gunderson</b> — of Osseo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/TR-lived.html">Trempealeau County</a>, Wis. Born in Eau Claire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/EC-born.html">Eau Claire County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/05-10.html">May 10, 1951</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1975-79; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Wisconsin</a> 3rd District, 1981-97. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000524">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404869">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/989/000129602">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="805.26.20">Gunderson, T. I.</a></b> — of Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/SD.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="826.69.93">Gunderson, Ted</a></b> — of Nevada. Independent American candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nevada</a> 1st District, 1996. 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