Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), October 2002.
[Pages 201-202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    BYRON L. DORGAN, Democrat, of Bismarck, ND; born in Dickinson, ND, 
on May 14, 1942; education: graduated, Regent High School, 1961; B.S., 
University of North Dakota, 1965; M.B.A., University of Denver, 1966; 
employment: North Dakota State Tax Commissioner, 1969-80, the only 
elected state tax commissioner in the nation; received 80 percent of the 
vote in 1976 tax commissioner reelection bid; chairman, Multi-State Tax 
Commission, 1972-74; executive committee member, National Association of 
Tax Administrators, 1972-75; selected by the Washington Monthly as one 
of the outstanding state officials in the United States, 1975; chosen by 
one of North Dakota's leading newspapers as the individual with the 
greatest influence on State government, 1977; elected to Congress, 1980; 
elected president of Democratic freshman class during first term; 
reelected, 1982, with 72 percent of the vote; reelected to Congress in 
1984 with 78.5 percent of the vote, setting three election records in 
North Dakota--largest vote ever received by a statewide candidate, 
largest vote by a U.S. House candidate, and largest majority by a U.S. 
House candidate; his 242,000 votes in 1984 were the most received 
anywhere in the nation by an opposed House candidate; served on three 
congressional committees during first term in Congress: Agriculture, 
Small Business, and Veterans' Affairs; named to the Ways and Means 
Committee, January 1983; called the real successor to Bill Langer and 
the State's most exciting office holder in generations, by the 1983 Book 
of America; 1990 New York Times editorial said, ``Mr. Dorgan sets an 
example for political statesmanship''; named to Select Committee on 
Hunger in 1985; chairman, International Task Force on Select Committee 
on Hunger; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 3, 1992; first sworn 
in on December 15, 1992 to fill remainder of term in North Dakota's open 
Senate seat, then sworn in January 5, 1993 for six-year term; reelected 
on November 3, 1998; committees: Appropriations; Commerce, Science and 
Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Indian Affairs; chairman, 
Democratic Policy Committee, 106th and 107th Congress; assistant 
Democratic Leader for Policy, 106th and 107th Congress; assistant 
Democratic Floor Leader, 104th and 105th Congress; assistant Democratic 
Floor Leader, ex officio, 106th and 107th Congress; married: Kim Dorgan; 
children: Scott, Shelly (deceased), Brendon, and Haley.


                  Office Listings
 
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  Chief of Staff.--Niles Godes.                            FAX: 224-1193
  Communications Director.--Barry E. Piatt.
 


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  Office Manager.--Kathy Gallagher.
  State Director.--Bob Valeu.
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