Mary Kathryn “Heidi” Heitkamp ( born Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp ; born October 30, 1955 , Breckenridge , Minnesota ) is an American politician, junior senator from North Dakota from January 2013 to January 3, 2019, representing the Democratic Party . From 1993 to 2001, she served as Attorney General for North Dakota.
| Heidi Highcamp | |||||||
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| English Heidi heitkamp | |||||||
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| Successor | Kevin Kramer | ||||||
| Birth | October 30, 1955 (63 years old) Breckenridge , Minnesota , USA | ||||||
| Birth name | English Mary Kathryn Heitkamp | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| The consignment | Democratic | ||||||
| Education | University of North Dakota , Lewis and Clark College | ||||||
| Academic degree | Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Law | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
| Site | heitkamp.senate.gov | ||||||
In 2000, Highcamp was a candidate for governor of North Dakota , but lost to Republican John Hooven . In 2010, she considered running for Senate following the refusal of incumbent Democratic senator Byron Dorgan to re- run for a new term [1] , but then refused to run in elections against Hooven, who was an extremely popular governor. [2]
In November 2011, she announced her desire to run in the 2012 Senate election for the seat of the outgoing Democrat [3] On November 6, 2012, Highcamp defeated Republican Congressman with a margin of less than 3,000 votes. [4]
On November 6, 2018, she lost to Republican Kevin Kramer in the Senate election in North Dakota [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Heitkamp 'very interested' in rematch with Hoeven
- ↑ Heitkamp Won't Run In ND Archived on July 8, 2012.
- ↑ SPECULATION NO MORE: Heitkamp announces US Senate run Archived July 16, 2012.
- ↑ Democrat Heidi Heitkamp defeats Republican Rick Berg to win US Senate race in North Dakota
- ↑ Brian Schwartz. Republican Kevin Cramer projected to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota: NBC News . CNBC (November 7, 2018). Date of treatment November 7, 2018.