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Kent Conrad

Personal data
Date of birthMarch 12, 1948(age 68)
Place of birthBismarck, North Dakota
Political partyDemocratic-NPL
SpousePam Schafer (divorced),
Lucy Calautti
ChildrenJessamyn Conrad
ResidenceBismarck, North Dakota
Alma materStanford University (B.A.)
George Washington University (M.B.A.)
OccupationCivil servant
ReligionUnitarian Universalist
Assumed officeDecember 14, 1992
Serving with John Hoeven
Preceded byJocelyn Burdick
In officeJanuary 3, 1987 - December 14, 1992
Succeeded byByron Dorgan
Preceded byMark Andrews
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget
Assumed officeJanuary 4, 2007
Preceded byJudd Gregg
In officeJune 6, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Succeeded byDon Nickles
Preceded byPete Domenici
In officeJanuary 3 - January 20, 2001
Succeeded byPete Domenici
Preceded byPete Domenici
Tax Commissioners of North Dakota
In office1981 - 1987
GovernorAllen I. Olson
George Sinner
Succeeded byHeidi Heitkamp
Preceded byByron Dorgan

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Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is the senior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is currently chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

On January 18, 2011, Conrad announced that he would not run for re-election in 2012, but will instead retire. Conrad said in a statement that it was more important that "I spend my time and energy trying to focus on solving the nation's budget woes than be distracted by another campaign."


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