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      <excerpt> ... to Health Care Reform), Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan could be vulnerable to a challenge from the state&amp;#39;s three-term Republican Governor, John Hoeven. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Rep. Earl Pomeroy, all Democrats. Parts of Northwood are still damaged from a powerful EF-4 tornado that ravaged the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Some Democrats are very sensitive to damaging the economy at this point in time &#8211; Democrats such as Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> John Hoeven and Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN.D., and I suppose there are a large number of North Dakotans who have voted for both of them. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN.D., the committee chairman, said it appears that Mexican gangs have moved east from California to tribal lands. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The letter was signed by Democrats Michael Bennet (CO), Mark Udall (CO), Byron Dorgan (ND), Kent Conrad (ND), Al Franken (MN), Amy Klobuchar (MN), ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The well-attended event, which featured speeches from admired lawmakers, including Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Evan Bayh of Indiana, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, and Ben Nelson of Nebraska, as well as Reid of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Indian Country needs your immediate support of and action on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2009 (IHCIA of 2009), S. 1790. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced the bill with 15 bi-partisan co-sponsors in the Senate on October 15, 2009. S. 1790 proposes a reauthorization and extension of the IHCIA of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>John Hoeven would win a Senate race against Sen. Byron Dorgan. The poll gave Hoeven 55 percent to Dorgan&amp;#39;s 36 percent with 9 percent undecided. If the poll is valid, it&amp;#39;s a SURPRISING NEW DEVELOPMENT. Democrats clearly thought it was ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan Trails in Potential 2010 Senate Match-up November 20, 2009. Opposition to Healthcare Legislation More Than Double Support among North Dakota Likely Voters. Zogby Interactive: 52% Say U.S. Has Obligation ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Senator Byron Dorgan (1), Senator Carl Levin (1), Senator Chris Dodd (4), Senator Chuck Schumer (1), Senator Edward Kennedy (19), Senator Harry Reid (2), Senator John Kerry (1), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (5), Senator Ted Kennedy (1 ...</excerpt>
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