Early life
Grabinger was born and raised inCareer
In 1984, he founded a boat dealership north of Jamestown called Grabinger's Marine. He was also the president of St. John's Academy School Board and has served on the Jamestown City Council. Grabinger is a volunteer firefighter at his local station.North Dakota Senate
Grabinger's record shows aElectoral history
2008: Grabinger decided to challenge 42 year senate veteran Dave Nething for the 12th senate seat. In the general election on November 4, returns showed a close race. Nething ended the first count with a vote lead over Grabinger. After a two-week delay, a recount was performed, which produced an even slimmer 2974-2966 (50.07%-49.93%) tally in favor of Nething. Nevertheless, a week later, North Dakota's state canvassing board affirmed Nething's win on November 28. 2012: Grabinger again ran unopposed in the Democratic primary in 2012 receiving 1,009 votes (99.8%) on June 9. He went on to face Republican Bernie Satrom, who had defeated Dwaine Heinrich in his primary. In the general election on November 6, Grabinger took home 2,939 votes, good for 50.67% and a 108-vote margin of victory. 2016: In January 2016, Grabinger announced his intention to run for reelection. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, where he received 431 votes (99.54%). In the general election, he was challenged by Republican Jamestown Mayor Katie Anderson, who had also been unopposed in her primary. Despite her receiving over 900 more votes in the primary elections in June, Grabinger sailed to a rather comfortable victory in a usually tightly contested seat, earning 3,673 votes (58.76%)References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grabinger, John Democratic Party North Dakota state senators People from Jamestown, North Dakota Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American legislators