Bette B. Grande is a North Dakota Republican Party

North Dakota Republican Party

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...

 member of the North Dakota House of Representatives

North Dakota House of Representatives

The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate....

, representing the 41st district with State Representative Al Carlson

Al Carlson

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 (R-Fargo).

Early life, education, and early career

Grande got a B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 in education

Education in the United States

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 and a minor in sports medicine

Sports medicine

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...

 from the University of North Dakota

University of North Dakota

The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...

. She has been the Director of Christian Education, a substitute teacher

Substitute teacher

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, and a office manager.

Committee assignments

Grande is on the State House Finance and Taxation Committee and Chairperson of the Government and Veterans Affairs Committee.

2012 U.S. House run

In October 2011, she announced she would run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Congressman Rick Berg

Rick Berg

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, who is running for the U.S. Senate.

Personal life

Grande lives in Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

 with her husband Don and her three children. She is a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church

Calvary United Methodist Church

Calvary United Methodist Church at 954 Beech Avenue in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built from 1892 to 1895. This Gothic Revival styled Methodist church was designed by architects Vrydaugh and Shepherd, with T. B. Wolfe...

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External links

• Representative Bette Grande at the official North Dakota Legislative Assembly website