Kent Conrad
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Gaylord Kent Conrad is a former American politician who was a United States senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairma
Official portrait, c. 1990s
Conrad with President Barack Obama
Jocelyn Burdick
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Jocelyn Louise Burdick was an American politician from North Dakota who briefly served as a member of the United States Senate in 1992. She was the first woman from the state to hold this office. At t
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…opportunity to remain in the Senate when North Dakota's other senator, long-serving Dem-NPLer Quentin Burdick, died on September 8, 1992. Burdick's widow, Jocelyn Birch Burdick, 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…
Jocelyn Birch Burdick