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"description":"Aimee Thiessen works part time as a nurse and as a stay at home mom with her child. She got involved with the Stop Common Core group last fall. She is fighting for all the children out there exposed to Common Core.",
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"description":"Alison Ritter is the Public Information Officer for the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources.",
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"description":"Amanda Godfread is a spokesperson for North Dakotans for Lower Pharmacy Prices and works as director of strategic engagement for Odney in Bismarck.",
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"description":"Miller was raised in Washburn ND and graduated from Minot State University with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. He is an Enrolled Agent and lives in West Fargo, ND.",
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"description":"Bette Grande is a former state lawmaker from Fargo.",
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"display_name":"Brad Rodu",
"description":"Dr. Rodu is a Professor of Medicine and holds an endowed chair in tobacco harm reduction research at the University of Louisville. For the past two decades Dr. Rodu has been in the forefront of research and policy development regarding tobacco harm reduction, which informs smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit about vastly safer tobacco products such as smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes. He is the author of For Smokers Only, available at <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0945819773/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0945819773&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sayanything-20&amp;linkId=RAU6QSTRDWTRXUBX\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PKJG9SS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00PKJG9SS&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sayanything-20&amp;linkId=J625726W3NOESV3B\">Audible.com</a>.",
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"user_login":"bschmidt",
"user_email":"bschmidt@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Brad Schmidt",
"description":"Brad Schmidt is the host of \"The Schmidt Show\" on 1310 KNOX Radio in Grand Forks, ND. More than just a talking head he is also a former pastor with a degree in Biblical Studies including a minor in biblical languages. Having worked in a wide range of industries including everything from computers to trucking and ministry, and not to mention having been married for nearly 20 years and having raised a 19 year old daughter and a 14 year old son, his life experience results in a unique perspective a wide variety of issues. You can follow his blog at <a href=\"http://bradschmidt.net/\">bradschmidt.net</a>.",
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"user_login":"bkroshus",
"user_email":"bkroshus@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Brian Kroshus",
"description":"Brian Kroshus is the former publisher of the Bismarck Tribune. He is seeking the NDGOP endorsement for State Auditor.",
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"user_login":"bschmeling",
"user_email":"bschmeling@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Brock Schmeling",
"description":"Brock Schmeling is the executive director of North Dakota Right to Life.",
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"last_name":"Schmeling",
"avatar":"Brock-Schmeling_avatar.jpeg",
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"user_login":"bvaleu",
"user_email":"bvaleu@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Bob Valeu",
"description":"Bob Valeu is the Chairman of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL party.",
"first_name":"Bob",
"last_name":"Valeu",
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"display_name":"C.T. Marhula",
"description":"Marhula served 6 years on the Grand Forks School Board. He currently owns \"Moonlight Research,\" a company providing public data to those who want to access it anonymously.",
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"description":"Carter Wood is a former aide to North Dakota Governors Ed Schafer and John Hoeven and a former reporter for the Bismarck Tribune and Grand Forks Herald.",
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"last_name":"Wood",
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"description":"Cory Fong is the Tax Commissioner for the State of North Dakota.",
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"last_name":"Fong",
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"user_login":"cnelson",
"user_email":"nelson.familynd@gmail.com",
"display_name":"Charlene Nelson",
"description":"Charlene Nelson lives in Casselton, where she and her husband have homeschooled their three boys. Although she is known for leading several statewide ballot initiatives and referrals, her real loves are gardening and reading good books.",
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"last_name":"Nelson",
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"user_login":"cneumiller",
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"display_name":"Casey Neumiller",
"description":"Casey Neumiller is a North Dakota native <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Casey-Neumiller/e/B00EUR13IM/\">author</a> who lives with his wife &amp; son in Washburn. He blogs irregularly at <a href=\"http://www.WritingUnderDuress.com\">WritingUnderDuress.com.</a>",
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"user_login":"csheeley",
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"display_name":"Charles Sheeley",
"description":"Chuck Sheeley practices criminal law in Fargo, and represented one of several individuals who challenged the unlawful expansion of authority by the North Dakota State University Police Department.",
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"last_name":"Sheeley",
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"user_login":"chertsgaard",
"user_email":"chertsgaard@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Craig Hertsgaard",
"description":"Hertsgaard is a Richland County farmer and member of the MnDak Upstream Coalition.",
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"last_name":"Hertsgaard",
"avatar":"chertsgaard_avatar.jpg",
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"user_login":"cberg",
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"display_name":"Chris Berg",
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"user_login":"cbrantner",
"user_email":"cbrantner@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Chris Brantner",
"description":"Chris Brantner (aka “Mr. Cable Cutter”) is passionate about helping people cut the cord and ditch their expensive cable TV service. He shares his tips and insights into the cord cutting movement at <a href=\"http://www.cutcabletoday.com/\">CutCableToday.com</a>. You can also check out his <a href=\"http://www.cutcabletoday.com/sports/nfl/\">guide to legal NFL streaming options</a> for more info.",
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"user_login":"cdodson",
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"display_name":"Christopher Dodson",
"description":"Christopher Dodson is the Executive Director and General Counsel for the North Dakota Catholic Conference.",
"first_name":"Christopher",
"last_name":"Dodson",
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"user_login":"cjenkinson",
"user_email":"cjenkinson@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Clay Jenkinson",
"description":"Clay Jenkinson is the Theodore Roosevelt Center scholar at Dickinson State University, as well as Distinguished Scholar of the Humanities at Bismarck State College and director of the Dakota Institute. Clay can be reached at Jeffysage@aol.com or through his website, Jeffersonhour.org.",
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"user_login":"rolson",
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"display_name":"Clarence \"Rick\" Olson",
"description":"Clarence F. “Rick” Olson of Fargo is is a regular contributor of commentary and opinion articles to publications across the state, most namely, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. He is a 1989 graduate of North Dakota State University, Fargo, where he majored in mass communications. Following a brief journalism career with stops at a weekly newspaper in Dodge Center, Minn. and at WDAY Radio in Fargo, Olson relocated back to Fargo which has been his home since 1979.",
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"last_name":"Olson",
"avatar":"Clarence-Rick-Olson-avatar.jpg",
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"user_login":"ceslinger",
"user_email":"caeslinger@yahoo.com",
"display_name":"Corey Eslinger",
"description":"Eslinger grew up in Upham, ND and studied Architectural Drafting at NDSCS. He has been employed with Fargo Truss as a salesman since 1998. He currently lives in West Fargo with three school age children and his wife Melissa. He is also active with charitable poker tournaments as a Tournament Director with Dakota Poker Tour.",
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"last_name":"Eslinger",
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"user_login":"chaugland",
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"display_name":"Curly Haugland",
"description":"Curly Haugland is a Republican National Committeeman representing the North Dakota Republican Party.",
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"user_login":"colafson",
"user_email":"colafson@sayanythingblog.com",
"display_name":"Curtis Olafson",
"description":"Curtis Olafson represented District 10 in the North Dakota Senate from 2006 to 2012. He has served as the National Spokesman for the National Debt Relief Amendment since April of 2011, and was recently appointed to the Advisory Council for the Compact for America. He has been a speaker and a panelist at Article V Conferences at Harvard Law School, the University of Central Florida, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and has twice been invited to join Professor Rob Natelson as a co-presenter at Article V Seminars at the Independence Institute in Denver, Colorado.",
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"description":"Dr. David Flynn is Chairman and Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of North Dakota College of Business &amp; Public Administration. He also writes at <a href=\"http://www.barterisevil.com/\">BarterIsEvil.com</a>.",
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"description":"Ernie Goss is currently the MacAllister Chair and Professor of Economics at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and Director of the Goss Institute in Denver, Colorado. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tennessee. He was a visiting scholar with the Congressional Budget Office for 2003-04.",
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