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Directory Governor Doug Burgum North Dakota Legislative Hotline: Lt Governor Brent Sanford for 1-888-635-3447 Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem North Dakota Elected Officials Reach Your Legislators Directory Governor Doug Burgum North Dakota Legislative Hotline: Lt Governor Brent Sanford for 1-888-635-3447 Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem Secretary of Al Jaeger Bismarck Area: 328-3373 State Legislative Web Site: Treasurer Kelly Schmidt www.legis.nd.gov 66th North Dakota Auditor Josh Gallion Legislative Assembly and Superintendent Kirsten Baesler of Public Join the North Dakota Catholic Elected Officials Instruction Conference Legislative Action Agricultural Doug Goehring Network Commissioner Sign-up at: ndcatholic.org/ Insurance Jon Godfread registration/ Commissioner Or contact the North Dakota Tax Ryan Rauschenberger Catholic Conference at: Commissioner (701) 223-2519 Public Service Brian Kroshus Commissioners Julie Fedorchak 1-888-419-1237 Randy Christmann [email protected] North Dakota Catholic Conference 103 South Third Street, No. 10 Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 U.S. Senator John Hoeven Christopher T. Dodson U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer Follow Us Executive Director U.S. Kelly Armstrong Representative (701) 223-2519 1-888-419-1237 Get contact information for all [email protected] state officials at nd.gov. www.facebook.com/ndcatholic ndcatholic.org Senate House of Representatives Howard C. Anderson, [email protected] 8 Patrick Hatlestad [email protected] 1 Dwight Kiefert [email protected] 24 JoNell A. Bakke [email protected] 43 David Richter [email protected] 1 Alisa Mitskog [email protected] 25 Brad Bekkedahl [email protected] 1 Bert Anderson [email protected] 2 Cynthia Schreiber-Beck [email protected] 25 Randy Burckhard [email protected] 5 Donald W. Longmuir [email protected] 2 Sebastian Ertelt [email protected] 26 David A. Clemens [email protected] 16 Jeff A. 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