Kent Conrad

Kent Conrad
Official portrait, c. 1990s
United States Senator
from North Dakota
In office
December 14, 1992 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byJocelyn Burdick
Succeeded byHeidi Heitkamp
In office
January 3, 1987 – December 14, 1992
Preceded byMark Andrews
Succeeded byByron Dorgan
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office
January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byJudd Gregg
Succeeded byPatty Murray
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byPete Domenici
Succeeded byDon Nickles
19th Tax Commissioner of North Dakota
In office
January 6, 1981 – December 2, 1986
GovernorAllen Olson
George Sinner
Preceded byByron Dorgan
Succeeded byHeidi Heitkamp
Personal details
Born
Gaylord Kent Conrad

(1948-03-12) March 12, 1948 (age 76)
Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic (D-NPL)
Spouse
Pam Schafer
(divorced)
Lucy Calautti
(m. 1987)
ChildrenJessamyn Conrad
EducationStanford University (BA)
George Washington University (MBA)
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Gaylord Kent Conrad[1] (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee for 12 years.

On January 18, 2011, Conrad announced that he was retiring from politics and would not run for reelection in 2012.[2] He said in a statement that it was more important that "I spend my time and energy trying to focus on solving the nation's budget woes than be distracted by another campaign."[2] Fellow Democrat Heidi Heitkamp was elected to replace him.

Conrad currently co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings.[3] He is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[4] In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.[5]

  1. ^ "Kent Conrad". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. Retrieved January 2, 2012. [dead link]
  2. ^ a b Mark Memmott (January 18, 2011). "Sen. Conrad, D-N.D., Won't Run In 2012". NPR.
  3. ^ "Kent Conrad, Co-Chair, Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings; Former Senator from North Dakota". Bipartisan Policy Center.
  4. ^ "ReFormers Caucus Members". Reformers. 2023.
  5. ^ "Board Members". Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.