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Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, served as a U.S. senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019.

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Heidi Heitkamp
stated on February 24, 2019 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":

"We have record bankruptcies in farming country."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2019
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune:

"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."

By Dror Sharon • November 1, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says "On the Public Service Commission, (Kevin Cramer) raised his pay to over $93,650."

By Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on August 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Kevin Cramer voted to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage for 300,000 North Dakotans with pre-existing conditions.

By Manuela Tobias • August 24, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview:

"There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers."

By Manuela Tobias • March 20, 2018

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