StenehjemWayneBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) has kicked off his campaign for governor while former North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Sarah Vogel has established an exploratory committee for a potential bid.
 
     Stenehjem was announcing his gubernatorial bid on Tuesday in Grand Forks, Fargo and Bismarck.
 
     Stenehjem is a Republican. He is running for the seat being vacated by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. GOP Rep. Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon in Bismarck, also has announced a bid for governor.
 
     No Democrats have entered the race. Vogel says she is mulling a run.
 
     Vogel is a former North Dakota assistant attorney general and served two terms as agriculture commissioner, declining in 1996 to run for a third. She was defeated that year in a bid to become a state Supreme Court justice.                              

 

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says he will run for governor.
 
     Stenehjem told reporters Tuesday that he will formally announce his gubernatorial bid on Nov. 24 in Grand Forks, Fargo and Bismarck. He plans to make the announcement the following day in Minot and Dickinson.
 
     Stenehjem says he will make the announcement on Nov. 30 in his hometown of Williston.
 
     Stenehjem is a Republican. He is running for the seat being vacated by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
 
     GOP Rep. Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon in Bismarck, also has announced a bid for governor.
 
     No Democrats have entered the race. Former Agriculture Commissioner Sarah Vogel says she is mulling a run.