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Contents 1 Introduction 2 History 3 North Dakota Congressional Delegation 4 North Dakota State Government 5 North Dakota Counties 6 Elections 7 North Dakota Democratic Party 8 North Dakota progressive resources 9 North Dakota News, Etc. 10 Political Blogs 11 Notable Political Figures 12 See also

Introduction

North Dakota, the most rural of all 50 states with over 90% of its lands devoted to farming, became the 39th state on Nov. 2, 1889.

The Republican Party holds large majorities in the state legislature and generally wins the state's 3-member electoral college delegation. Since 1964, no Democratic presidential candidate has carried North Dakota. In 2004, George W. Bush won with 62.9% of the vote.

History

North Dakota was inlcuded in trhe last part of the American frontier to be closed. On September 8, 1883 Sitting Bull spoke in Sioux to a crowd of whites at a ceremony in Bismarck to mark the last spike to be driven in the Northern Pacific Railroad. Sitting Bull tells the crowd, " I hate all the white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcats." Not knowing what has been said, they clap politely.

North Dakota Congressional Delegation

• Senate
  • Senior Senator: Kent Conrad (D) Retiring in 2012.
  • Junior Senator: John Hoeven (R) Next Election in 2016.

• House of Representatives
  • ND-AL Rep.: Rick Berg (R)

• US Congressional Delegations from North Dakota (Wikipedia)

North Dakota State Government

• Executive Branch
  • Governor: Jack Dalrymple (R)
  • Lt. Governor: Drew Wrigley (R)
  • Secretary of State: Alvin Jaeger (R)
  • Treasurer: Kelly Schmidt (R)
  • Attorney General: Wayne Stenehjem (R)
  • Agriculture Commissioner: Doug Goehring (R)
  • Tax Commissioner: Cory Fong (R)
  • State Auditor: Robert Peterson (R)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Adam Hamm (R)

• Legislative Branch
  • North Dakota State Assembly

• Judicial Branch
  • North Dakota Judicial Branch

• North Dakota Constitution
  • North Dakota Constitution

North Dakota Counties

• North Dakota Counties: Quickfacts U.S. Census Bureau.
• North Dakota Counties US-Counties.com.
• North Dakota Counties Map

Elections

• Elections and Voting (State of North Dakota, Secretary of State)
• Election Results (State of North Dakota, Secretary of State)
• North Dakota election results
• see U.S. elections

North Dakota Democratic Party

• Democratic NPL of North Dakota

North Dakota progressive resources

• The Progressive State of Norh Dakota

North Dakota News, Etc.

• ABYZ News Links
• NewsLink: North Dakota Newspapers (NewsLink)
• North Dakota On the Issues

Political Blogs

• DailyKos: North Dakota
• Dakota Politics
• Left in East Dakota
• NorthDecoder

• Lone Prairie
• Breathe
• FM area indie music scene
• Grand Forks Life
• Diatomaceous Earth
• NDPeople.org
• People Escaping Poverty Project
• A Dakota Democrat
• Flat and Treeless
• Dakota Women
• What's left in North Dakota
• Fargo/Moorhead Wobblies
• The Infomercantile
• St. Vincent Memories
• The Rural Bus Route
• Fargo Phantom
• Focus Inn

Notable Political Figures

• William (Wild Bill) Langer
• Sitting Bull

See also

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