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About
About
Heidi Heitkamp, is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing North Dakota in that body the following year. She was the first woman elected senator from that state.
Grew up in the small town of Mantador, North Dakota. Her mother was a school custodian and cook, and her father was a truck driver and construction worker. After graduating from the University of North Dakota (B.A., 1977), she earned a law degree from Lewis & Clark College in 1980.
In 2011 entered the U.S. Senate race. After taking office in 2013, Heitkamp became known as a moderate-to-conservative Democrat who occasionally broke with her party. She notably supported the Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed oil pipeline that would run from Canada to U.S. ports. She also broke with many Democrats by opposing efforts at gun control. Also known for her advocacy of Native American issues.
Ideology and Proposals
Ideology and Proposals
- Mentions that the challenges law enforcement and community leaders face in keeping our communities safe.
- She supports commonsense policies like the Family Act, which would benefit North Dakota families, seniors, and small businesses by providing workers with paid family leave at the cost of about a cup of coffee per week.
- Introduced several practical legislative fixes to the ACA and help improve care, and reduce costs for North Dakota families
- Opposes to any bill that would kick North Dakotans off their insurance plans and raise premiums.
- Grow start-ups in North Dakota and rural America – not just in big cities and on America’s coasts.
- Supports permanently reforming the nation’s tax code to benefit middle-class families.
- Committed to making sure Native children grow up with the opportunities and protection that every American child deserves
- Believes that anybody who works hard and plays by the rules should be able to count on the dignity of a secure retirement, plain and simple.
- Fight for federal tax incentives that will bolster wind and alternative energy production.
Contact Information
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
23 North Broadway
Fargo, ND 58102
E-mail: contact@heidifornorthdakota.com
Phone: (701) 532-1412
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