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North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp considering U.S. Senate bid
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| Last Edited | COSDem Oct 11, 2011 04:40pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Heidi Heitkamp, a former North Dakota Democratic attorney general and tax commissioner, said Monday she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate, an office she previously declined to seek.
North Dakota Democrats have no declared candidate to succeed longtime Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad, who is stepping down next year. Freshman Rep. Rick Berg and Duane Sand, a Bismarck businessman, are competing for the Republican endorsement to run for Conrad's seat.
"I think that things are desperately wrong in Washington, D.C.," Heitkamp told The Associated Press on Monday. "I think that our Congress has lost touch with the people of this country, and that we need reasonable voices who will represent constituents, and not special interests."
Heitkamp, 55, said she would make her intentions public within 30 days. Former state Rep. Pam Gulleson, who had been promoted as a potential Democratic candidate, said last week she would run instead for the U.S. House seat now held by Berg. |
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