Donna Lou Speer Nalewaja (October 8, 1939 – September 30, 2021) was an American politician and real estate broker.
Biography
She ran under Leon L. Mallberg for
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
as a
Republican, and for the
North Dakota United States Senate in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
against incumbent
Byron Dorgan. Nalewaja also served in the
North Dakota House of Representatives for
Fargo Fargo usually refers to:
* Fargo, North Dakota, United States
* ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers
* ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series
Fargo may also refer to:
Othe ...
's district 45 from 1982 to 1986, and in the
North Dakota Senate from 1986 till 1998.
Nalewaja was married to John, and had four children. She died from
COVID-19 in
Fargo Fargo usually refers to:
* Fargo, North Dakota, United States
* ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers
* ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series
Fargo may also refer to:
Othe ...
on September 30, 2021, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.
See also
*
North Dakota gubernatorial election, 1988
*
North Dakota U.S. Senate election, 1998
Notes
External links
Biography at CNN Politics
1939 births
2021 deaths
American people of Polish descent
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American women politicians
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Candidates in the 1988 United States elections
Candidates in the 1998 United States elections
Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Republican Party North Dakota state senators
People from Winterset, Iowa
Women state legislators in North Dakota
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota
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