Tracy Potter, Bismarck, column: N.D. can help ease teacher shortages
July 12, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
As for affordable housing, North Dakota school districts from Minot to Crosby to Dickinson face an emergency that requires state help. The state Land Board has provided some funding, but with $1.7 billion in the Common Schools Trust Fund, it can do much more. Continue Reading
BISMARCK The competition for North Dakota’s top K-12 post increased Tuesday when another candidate entered the race.
Tracy Potter, 61, thinks his management skills would be an asset to the Department of Public Instruction. He is executive director of the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation and served as a Bismarck state senator from 2007-2011. He also ran for the U.S. Senate against John Hoeven in 2010.
Former U.S. Senate candidate Tracy Potter is appealing to incumbent North Dakota Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad to rethink his retirement plans and run for re-election.
Dealing with the economic crisis is the top priority for North Dakota’s next member of the U.S. Senate, said Republican Gov. John Hoeven and Democratic-NPL state Sen. Tracy Potter. 
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