Jonathan Sickler is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 17th district of the North Dakota Senate. Sickler was born in Dickinson, North Dakota and raised on a farm. He attended the University of North Dakota, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and

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, where he earned a

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degree. He practised law in Washington, D.C., returning to North Dakota to work as a chief legal officer in

Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

. In 2022 Sickler was appointed to represent District 17 in the North Dakota Senate, succeeding resigning senator

Ray Holmberg Raymon Everett Holmberg (born December 10, 1944) is a former educator, school counselor, and Republican North Dakota senator. Once tied for the longest-serving state legislator in the United States, Holmberg resigned from the senate in 2022 (a ...

. Sickler assumed his office on June 2, 2022, and was subsequently elected in November 2022.

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