HEIDI HEITKAMP

North Dakota

Heidi Heitkamp named director at UChicago’s Institute of Politics

The former U.S. Sen. from North Dakota begins her new role on Jan. 3, 2023.

Columns

Port: Let's acknowledge the deceit at the heart of Cara Mund's US House campaign

Mund would be a much more interesting candidate if she ran an authentic campaign, that reflected who she truly is, rather than trying to perpetrate this fraud.

September 17, 2022 05:00 AM

Columns

Port: Some in Dem-NPL are 'furious' and 'disgusted' by ousting of House candidate in favor of Cara Mund

Several members of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL, people who serve in leadership positions in the party, and who have represented the party on the ballot, are using words like "disgusted" and "livid" to describe erstwhile U.S. House candidate Mark Haugen getting pushed off the ballot in favor of former Miss America Cara Mund.

September 06, 2022 08:33 AM

North Dakota

Heitkamp voices opposition to Biden nominee for FCC who remains in limbo

Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, said Gigi Sohn's criticism of expanded broadband access in rural areas is "far less than what rural Americans need or deserve."

July 13, 2022 03:29 PM

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Columns

Port: Heidi Heitkamp doesn't want to answer questions about her 2013 vote against background checks

"I no longer have to answer your questions," she told a reporter.

May 26, 2022 10:47 AM

By Rob Port

Columns

Port: Democratic-NPL's current Senate candidate raises less money than ... Heidi Heitkamp's campaign?

Here's a look at the fundraising reports for North Dakota's federal candidates.

April 19, 2022 08:37 AM

By Rob Port

Supreme Court nominee and federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with U.S. Senators

Columns

Port: In Judge Jackson's confirmation, North Dakota's senators ought to vote like elections have consequences

When the other side wins, we must accept that they get to govern.

March 22, 2022 08:12 AM

By Rob Port

A yard sign in the snow reads "too close" across a red background.

Columns

Port: We can't let local NIMBY campaigns benefit China

If we want reliable supply lines, and if we want to diminish the power of cruel regimes like China's, we have to allow industrial endeavor here in the United States.

February 15, 2022 08:24 AM

By Rob Port

Columns

Port: The problem isn't the filibuster, the problem is the people we elect to the US Senate

I say we keep the filibuster and start electing a better class of citizens.

January 19, 2022 10:25 AM

By Rob Port

Columns

Port: Who could be North Dakota's next tax commissioner?

Incumbent Tax Commissioner Ryan Raushcenberger's resignation is effective January 3. By that date, Governor Doug Burgum will have to choose a replacement.

November 16, 2021 03:49 PM

By Rob Port

Columns

Port: NDGOP may move its state convention to after the June primary

Angst over divisions in the party along fault lines created during the Trump era has led some to propose removing the NDGOP's state convention from the process for selecting candidates.

October 18, 2021 09:13 AM

By Rob Port

Columns

Port: Astroturfing left-wingers blowing smoke about gerrymandering under the guise of nonpartisan politics

In the wild, some animals use a tactic where they fluff up their feathers or puff out their gills to make themselves seem bigger and more menacing then they are. That's what these people are doing. The news articles make it appear as though there's a small regiment of activists involved in this initiative. The reality is a small group of activists, each wearing a lot of hats.

August 26, 2021 08:35 AM

By Rob Port

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Opinion

Port: Lawsuit against North Dakota's voter ID wasn't about winning legal fees

That the tribes and the state are working together to make compliance with that law easier is a good thing, but it's a silver lining to what was, from the start, an obnoxious product of partisan politics that left North Dakotans of all races feeling more divided than before.

July 22, 2021 12:26 PM

By Rob Port