Robert Randall Peterson (born September 26, 1951 in

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) is a

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public servant and politician with the

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who served as

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from 1997 to 2016. He was also a

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for the state in 1996. His father, Robert W. Peterson, was his predecessor as State Auditor; he served from 1973 to 1996.

Biography

Bob Peterson is a graduate of Williston High School. He received his Associate in Arts degree from UND-Williston and his

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degree from the

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. He also took classes in accounting at the

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. He served as the accounting and budget specialist for the

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from 1978 to 1996 when he was elected as

. He lives in Bismarck and is married to Kathleen and has one daughter, Brynn. In 2015, Peterson announced that he would not seek a sixth term in the

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Electoral history

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