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Line 1: − {{Officeholder − |name=Byron Dorgan − |image=ByronDorgan.jpg − |party=[[Democrat]] − |spouse=Kim Dorgan − |religion=Lutheran − |offices= − {{Officeholder/senator − |state=North Dakota − |terms=December 15, 1992 - Present − |preceded=[[Kent Conrad]] − |former=n − |succeeded= − }} − {{Officeholder/representative − |state=North Dakota − |district=At-Large − |terms=January 5, 1981 – December 15, 1992 − |preceded=Mark Andrews − |former=n − |succeeded=Earl Pomeroy − }} − }} − '''Byron Dorgan''', born May 14, 1942 (age {{age|1942|5|14}}), is a [[Democratic]] [[United States Senator]] from [[North Dakota]]. He was re-elected to a third term in the Senate 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.<Ref name="bio">http://dorgan.senate.gov/about/biography/</ref> 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. <ref name="bio" /> Dorgan has announced he will not seek reelection in 2010. − − Dorgan has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues eight-nine percent of the time during the current Congress. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/d000432/</ref> 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.<Ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/04/AR2005120401158.html</ref> − − ==External Links== − *[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Byron_Dorgan.htm Dorgan On the Issues] − *[http://dorgan.senate.gov/ Official Website] − ==References== − <references/> − {{DEFAULTSORT: Dorgan, Byron}} − − [[Category:United States Senators]] − [[Category:Democratic Party]] − [[Category: 110th United States Congress]] − [[Category:111th United States Congress]]
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