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Kent Conrad Democrat U.S. Senator Of NORTH DAKOTA
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BIO INFORMATION

Senate Years of Service: 1987-
Party: Democrat

CONRAD, Kent, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Bismarck, Burleigh County, N. Dak., March 12, 1948; attended the public schools of Bismarck and high school in Tripoli, Libya; attended the University of Missouri, Columbia 1967; graduated, Stanford University 1971; received a graduate degree from George Washington University 1975; assistant to the tax commissioner, Bismarck 1974-1980; tax commissioner, State of North Dakota 1981-1986; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986 for the term ending January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection to his seat in 1992, but was elected in a special election on December 4, 1992, to the unexpired portion of the term ending January 4, 1995, left vacant by the death of Quentin N. Burdick, which he assumed on December 14, 1992; reelected in 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses).

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U.S. Senator 1987 2012 North Dakota

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Washington Address: 530 Hart Senate Office Building
Phone: 202-224-2043
Fax: 202-224-7776
Web site: http://conrad.senate.gov/

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    Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources

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Senate Committee on Finance
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    Taxation and IRS Oversight Chairman

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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Joint Committee on Taxation
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

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