Joel Heitkamp

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Joel Heitkamp
Joel Heitkamp

Member of the North Dakota State Senate
from the 26th district
In office
1994 -

Born November 2, 1961 (1961-11-02) (age 46)
Breckiwidge, Minnesota
Political party North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
Spouse Susan
Residence Hankinson, North Dakota
Profession talk show host
Religion Roman Catholic

Joel C. Heitkamp is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate, representing the 26th district since 1994.

Heitkamp is also a talk show host. He was host of KFGO's News and Views program (replacing, and later being replaced by, Ed Schultz), and now hosts the "Joel Heitkamp Show" on KFGO, KFYR-AM Bismarck, ND, and KCJB in Minot, ND. On February 18, 2008, Heitkamp announced on his radio program that he would not be a candidate for re-election due to Federal Communications Commission rules regarding equal-time for candidates of the opposite party.

His sister, former North Dakota attorney general Heidi Heitkamp, was the 2000 Democratic nominee for governor of North Dakota. She lost the election to Republican John Hoeven.

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