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North Dakota feeling a draft

May 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The Department of the Interior released an updated draft of rules on hydraulic fracturing Thursday, but it appears those on both sides of the fracking issue are unhappy with the proposal. Continue Reading

Heitkamp won’t support background checks expansion up for Senate vote

April 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said in a statement this morning that she doesn’t “see a path for my support” on a proposal on the Senate floor today to expand background checks for gun sales. Continue Reading

Rick Berg concedes race

November 7, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Republican Rick Berg conceded the close U.S. Senate race Continue Reading

Heitkamp gets 50.3 percent of North Dakota’s vote and Rick Berg at 49.3 percent

November 7, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

With U.S. Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp pulling in 50.3 percent of North Dakota’s vote and Rick Berg at 49.3 percent, a recount can be requested, according to the North Dakota Voting Information and Central Election Systems website. Continue Reading

Clinton stumps for Heitkamp in Fargo

October 29, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

FARGO The signs and the chants said “Heidi.” But the rock star atmosphere in the Fargo Civic Center most definitely said “Bill Clinton.”
The former president was in town Monday night to bolster Heidi Heitkamp’s U.S. Senate bid. A capacity crowd at the Civic Center showed up to greet him with full-throated enthusiasm Continue Reading

Rise in number of women from North Dakota hitting the campaign trail

September 3, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

In its 123 year history, North Dakota has sent one woman to U.S. Congress, Jocelyn Burdick in 1992, to serve out the remainder of her husband’s term after he passed away. Her Senate tenure lasted three months. Continue Reading

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Big Names, Big Dollars: ND Senate Candidates Get Donations From Rich, Famous

July 3, 2012 in WDAZ

The competitive campaign for North Dakota’s U.S. Senate seat has attracted dozens of notable donors.

Prominent business tycoons, politicians and celebrities both near and far have thrown their financial weight behind Republican Rep. Rick Berg and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. Continue Reading

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Heitkamp Congratulates Berg on Primary Win

June 12, 2012 in WDAZ

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) Former North Dakota Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp has congratulated Rep. Rick Berg for his victory in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate nomination.
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Competitive Senate Race Shaping Up in North Dakota

May 23, 2012 in WDAZ

MINOT, N.D. (AP) North Dakota’s prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a Senate race that Democrats had all but conceded.
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Poll: Berg Leads Heitkamp in Senate Race

May 16, 2012 in WDAZ

FARGO The first independent poll of North Dakota’s contested U.S. Senate race shows Republican Rep. Rick Berg has a slim lead over his Democratic opponent six months before the general election.
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