Discussion: North Dakota Sen. Heitkamp Won't Run For Gov, Dashing Dems' Hopes

system1 · September 9, 2015, 4:03pm

Discussion for article #240279

daveyjones64 · September 9, 2015, 4:09pm

Gotta grow the bench, people. We can’t hold the Senate and the governor’s mansions with the same people, its a pretty simple concept.

bkmn · September 9, 2015, 4:26pm

Heitkamp is a Blue Dog Dem on a good day. The state Democratic party should be throwing a celebration.

inversion · September 9, 2015, 4:38pm

Fine, but the question remains: who is the party’s next candidate?

humpback · September 9, 2015, 4:43pm

How many Democrats are there in North Dakota? About 47 or so?

jimellis · September 9, 2015, 4:59pm

Every time I see a story like this it pisses me off that I need to be concerned about a state with such a tiny population since its two U.S. Senate seats are just as important as the two senate seats in my home state of California…Not fair!

barbara63 · September 9, 2015, 5:00pm

This is actually seen as good news for Democrats who want to retake the Senate in 2016.

occamsrazor2 · September 9, 2015, 6:15pm

Enough to elect Democrats to Congress, it seems.

humpback · September 9, 2015, 6:16pm

(Maybe only 126 voters in the whole state?)

webcelt · September 9, 2015, 6:58pm

Why are their hopes dashed? The senate seat is more valuable. North Dakota has just the at-large US House seat, so there’s not even gerrymandering to think about. Maybe focus on electing more Democrats at the local and state legislative level to build the bench.