Doug Goehring is the current

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner In the U.S. state of North Dakota, the Agriculture Commissioner, formerly known as the Commissioner, is an elected official who heads the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The present commissioner is Doug Goehring, a Republican. The offic ...

. A

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, he was appointed to the office by

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John Hoeven John Henry Hoeven III ( ; born March 13, 1957) is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of No ...

on April 6, 2009 to fill the vacancy created when Democratic-NPL incumbent Roger Johnson resigned to become president of the National Farmers Union.
Goehring had previously challenged Johnson in the 2004 and 2006 elections.

Electoral history

External links

North Dakota Department of Agriculture biography page

References

Living people North Dakota Commissioners of Agriculture North Dakota Republicans Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthDakota-politician-stub