Robert "Bob" Stenehjem ( ; January 12, 1952 – July 18, 2011) was a

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politician, serving in the

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for District 30. He was the Senate

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from 2001 until his death in 2011. Stenehjem ran for the

nomination for a seat on the North Dakota Public Service Commission in 2008 to succeed the retiring Commissioner,

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. Stenehjem lost the nomination during the North Dakota Republican Party's state convention on March 29, 2008, coming in second place to eventual nominee

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, a professor at

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, during the North Dakota Republican Party state convention March 29, 2008. Stenehjem was subsequently re-elected to his seat in the state senate in 2008. Stenehjem was a graduate of

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and

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. He was a member of

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and the

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. He was the brother of

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Wayne Stenehjem Wayne Stenehjem ( ; February 5, 1953 – January 28, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of North Dakota. He was the Attorney General of the state, serving from December 15, 2000 until his death. He sought the Republi ...

. On July 18, 2011, Stenehjem was killed in a single vehicle auto accident near

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, where his brother, John and son, Rob."ND GOP Sen. leader Bob Stenehjem killed in Alaska" (Deseret News article)
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