Byron Dorgan
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Byron Dorgan is a Democratic United States Senator from North Dakota. He was re-elected to a third term in Congress in 2004, after serving six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dorgan has worked with the Democratic Leadership as an Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, and since 1998, as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy committee.[1] At age 26, he was appointed to the office of State Tax Commissioner in North Dakota, and became the youngest person to hold that position. [2]
Dorgan has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues eight-nine percent of the time during the current Congress. [3] In 2005, investigations showed that Dorgan was a beneficiary of some of the largest campaign contributions from Jack Abramoff's, a lobbyist convicted of fraud; conspiracy and tax evasion, associates and clients.[4]
