Background
Dwight Grotberg was born in 1967 and raised on a farm near Wimbledon, North Dakota.
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After returning home, Grotberg enrolled in Bethany College of Missions and graduated with a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies.
Career
He ran against the Democratic-National Physical Laboratory incumbent, Kent Conrad, on November 7, 2006, but did not defeat him. Grotberg is an Anderson, North Dakota town councilman and a farmer from Sanborn in Barnes County. Grotberg received the Republican nomination for the Senior United States. senate seat in North Dakota at the state Grand Old Party convention in late March 2006.
Despite running for office in the historically conservative state of North Dakota, Grotberg faced a difficult campaign due to the Senator"s name recognition, long tenure in office, available funds, and popularity.
After graduating from high school, he traveled to Parana, Brazil and worked at a livestock and grain farm run by a mission organization dedicated to training indigenous people to be self-sufficient and industrious. He then traveled to New Zealand and worked on farms in the Bay of Islands to gain a global perspective of farming and its methodologies.
In 1989, he returned to North Dakota and attended North Dakota State University to study agricultural economics until 1992. He then moved back to Wimbledon and built a farm of his own on which he currently resides.
They have seven children together, all are currently homeschooled.
In 1996, he suffered a spinal cord injury when his tractor was struck by a semi-truck. Grotberg sought and received the Republican nomination for the United States. Senate in North Dakota at the state Grand Old Party convention on March 28, 2006 against the Democratic-National Physical Laboratory incumbent Kent Conrad, who has served since 1986. Governor of North Dakota John Hoeven officially announced his endorsement of Grotberg on October 9, 2006.
Grotberg lost the election 30% to 68%.
Positions on the issues
Dwight Grotberg was very outspoken about keeping the current tax cuts made under the Bush Administration and also supports abolition of the estate tax On social issues, Grotberg claimed that his conservative viewpoints are more reflective of North Dakota than the views of incumbent Kent Conrad.
Foreign example, in 2004, North Dakota voters approved a state ban on gay marriage, while Senator Conrad voted no on a constitutional ban of gay marriage. Campaign funding
Because Grotberg faced a popular twenty-year incumbent, he had difficulty raising adequate amounts of money to compete with the money that Kent Conrad received.
Conrad had raised $5.9 million dollars by September 30, 2006.
Grotberg raised a little over $85,000 dollars by September 30.
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North Dakota Republican Party, Republican Party.
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