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Dwight Grotberg (born January 26 , 1967 ) is a North Dakota politician and a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in North Dakota. He ran against the Democratic-NPL 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 U.S. senate seat in North Dakota at the state GOP convention in late March of 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.http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/100USSenatorApproval060817Approval.htm BIOGRAPHY Dwight Grotberg was born in 1967 and raised on a farm near Wimbledon, North Dakota . 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. After returning home, Grotberg enrolled in Bethany College Of Missions and graduated with a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies . 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 when his tractor was struck by a semi-truck. 2006 SENATE RACE Grotberg sought and received the David Limbaugh also expressed his support of Grotberg and gave a speech at his campaign fundraiser in Fargo, North Dakota . Dwight placed Billboards throughout the state in early October of 2006 and began airing television ads in late October. Grotberg lost the election 30% to 68%. Positions on the issues Dwight Grotberg has been very outspoken about keeping the current viewpoints are more reflective of North Dakota than the views of incumbent Kent Conrad. For 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. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-02-nd-initiative-gay-marriage_x.htm Grotberg also promises to bring changes to the Farm Bill in 2007, should he be elected, something which he says that Senator Conrad has failed to do during his tenure. Campaign funding Because Grotberg faced a twenty-year , but all of his money came from within the state. http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/politics/15774574.htm. REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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