Steven "Steve" Sydness (born c. 1956. died April 16, 2014) was an American politician and businessman. He was the Republican Party

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for one of

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's open

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seats in the 1992 election, and was the former

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of the

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. Before running for The US Senate, he had helped found

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in North Dakota, and had served as city commissioner of Fargo. He was a graduate of

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in Elsah, IL and

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in Cambridge, MA where he received his MBA in 1981.

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Steve Sydness at Endurance International
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