Joel C. Heitkamp is a former North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate

North Dakota Senate

The North Dakota Senate is the upper house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, smaller than the North Dakota House of Representatives.North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census...

, representing the 26th district from 1994 to 2008.

Heitkamp is also a talk show host. He was host of KFGO

KFGO

KFGO is a radio station broadcasting a news and talk radio format serving the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo...

's News and Views

News and Views

News and Views is a talk radio program produced by KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota and also aired on stations KFYR-AM in Bismarck, ND and KCJB-AM in Minot, ND.News and Views runs weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m...

program (replacing, and later being replaced by, Ed Schultz

Ed Schultz

Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...

), and now hosts the "Joel Heitkamp Show" on KFGO, KFYR

KFYR (AM)

KFYR is a radio station located in Bismarck, North Dakota, owned by Clear Channel Communications. It transmits on a 5,000 Watt signal that can be heard in seven U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. KFYR also broadcasts on translator K259AF in Bismarck...

 Bismarck, ND, and KCJB

KCJB

KCJB "91 Country" 910 is a classic country radio station in Minot, North Dakota. The station also airs the "Joel Heitkamp" show from KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota....

 in Minot, ND.

On February 18, 2008, Heitkamp announced on his radio program that he would not be a candidate for re-election in 2008 due to Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...

 rules regarding equal-time for candidates of the opposite party.

His sister, former North Dakota attorney general Heidi Heitkamp

Heidi Heitkamp

Heidi Heitkamp is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of North Dakota. She served as the 28th attorney general of the state from 1993 to 2001. She ran on the Democratic-NPL ticket for governor in 2000, losing to John Hoeven. She was considering a bid for the Democratic nomination for the...

, was the 2000 Democratic nominee for governor of North Dakota. She lost the election to Republican John Hoeven

John Hoeven

John Henry Hoeven III is the junior United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Republican Party. He is expected to become the state's senior senator when Kent Conrad retires from the Senate in January 2013.Hoeven served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota,...

.

External links

• North Dakota State Legislature - Senator Joel Heitkamp official ND Senate website
• Project Vote Smart - Senator Joel Heitkamp (ND) profile
• Follow the Money - Joel Heitkamp
  • 2006 2004 2002 1998 campaign contributions
• North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party - Senator Joel C. Heitkamp profile
• The Joel Heitkamp Show