Heidi Heitkamp
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United States Senator from North Dakota |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 Serving with John Hoeven |
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| Preceded by | Kent Conrad |
| 28th Attorney General of North Dakota | |
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In office December 15, 1992 – December 15, 2000 |
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| Governor | Ed Schafer |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Spaeth |
| Succeeded by | Wayne Stenehjem |
| 20th Tax Commissioner of North Dakota | |
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In office December 2, 1986 – December 15, 1992 |
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| Governor | George Sinner |
| Preceded by | Kent Conrad |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hanson |
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Mary Kathryn Heitkamp October 30, 1955 Breckenridge, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Darwin Lange |
| Children | 2 |
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University of North Dakota (BA) Lewis and Clark College (JD) |
Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp /ˈhaɪtˌkæmp/ (born October 30, 1955) is an American attorney and politician who has been the junior United States Senator from North Dakota since 2013. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party, she is the first woman elected to the US Senate from North Dakota. She served as the 28th North Dakota Attorney General from 1993 to 2001 and as State Tax Commissioner from 1989 to 1993.
Heitkamp ran for governor of North Dakota in 2000 and lost to Republican John Hoeven. She considered a bid for the Democratic nomination in the 2010 U.S. Senate election to replace retiring Senator Byron Dorgan, but on March 3, 2010, declined to run against Hoeven, who was ultimately elected.
In November 2011, Heitkamp declared her candidacy to replace Kent Conrad as U.S. Senator from North Dakota in the 2012 election. She narrowly defeated Republican Congressman Rick Berg on November 6, 2012, in that year's closest Senate race. Berg conceded the next day. Heitkamp is North Dakota's second female senator, after Jocelyn Burdick, who was appointed to the office.
In December 2016, it was reported that Heitkamp was being considered for agriculture secretary by president-elect Donald Trump, but she was not officially chosen for any cabinet positions.
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