# 55th Legislative Assembly of North Dakota

The 55th Legislative Assembly of North Dakota was the legislative session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly that convened on January 6, 1997, and adjourned April 11, 1997.

## House

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic | 27 |
| | Republican | 67 |
| Total | Total | 94 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 30 |

## House Members

Composition of the House :
| Representative | District | Party |
| Ole Aarsvold | 20 | Democratic-NPL |
| Charles M. Axtman | 48 | Republican |
| Wesley R. Belter | 22 | Republican |
| Rick Berg | 45 | Republican |
| LeRoy G. Bernstein | 45 | Republican |
| James Boehm | 31 | Republican |
| Merle Boucher | 9 | Democratic-NPL |
| Mike Brandenburg | 26 | Republican |
| Grant C. Brown | 36 | Republican |
| Tom Brusegaard | 19 | Republican |
| Rex R. Byerly | 1 | Republican |
| Michael D. Callahan | 21 | Democratic-NPL |
| Ron Carlisle | 30 | Republican |
| Al Carlson | 41 | Republican |
| Linda Christenson | 18 | Democratic-NPL |
| Chris Christopherson | 11 | Republican |
| Tony Clark | 44 | Republican |
| James O. Coats | 34 | Democratic-NPL |
| Jack Dalrymple | 22 | Republican |
| Duane DeKrey | 14 | Republican |
| Lois Delmore | 43 | Democratic-NPL |
| Jeff Delzer | 8 | Republican |
| Bill Devlin | 23 | Republican |
| John Dorso | 46 | Republican |
| David Drovdal | 39 | Republican |
| April Fairfield | 29 | Democratic-NPL |
| Tom Freier | 28 | Republican |
| Glen Froseth | 6 | Republican |
| Pat Galvin | 33 | Republican |
| Gereld F. Gerntholz | 24 | Republican |
| Eliot Glassheim | 18 | Democratic-NPL |
| William E. Gorder | 16 | Republican |
| Bette Grande | 41 | Republican |
| Albert Grosz | 8 | Republican |
| Howard Grumbo | 27 | Democratic-NPL |
| Pam Gulleson | 26 | Democratic-NPL |
| G. Jane Gunter | 7 | Republican |
| Lyle Hanson | 48 | Democratic-NPL |
| LeRoy Hausauer | 25 | Republican |
| Kathy Hawken | 46 | Republican |
| Dale L. Henegar | 30 | Republican |
| Robert Huether | 27 | Democratic-NPL |
| Leonard J. Jacobs | 35 | Republican |
| Roxanne Jensen | 17 | Republican |
| Connie Johnsen | 49 | Republican |
| Dennis Johnson | 12 | Republican |
| George Keiser | 47 | Republican |
| Rae Ann Kelsch | 34 | Republican |
| Scot Kelsh | 11 | Democratic-NPL |
| Keith Kempenich | 39 | Republican |
| James Kerzman | 35 | Democratic-NPL |
| Ralph Kilzer | 47 | Republican |
| Matthew Klein | 40 | Republican |
| Kim Koppelman | 13 | Republican |
| William Kretschmar | 28 | Republican |
| Kenneth Kroeplin | 23 | Democratic-NPL |
| Richard W. Kunkel | 15 | Republican |
| Edward H. Lloyd | 19 | Republican |
| John Mahoney | 33 | Democratic-NPL |
| Andrew Maragos | 3 | Republican |
| Clarence F. Martin | 36 | Republican |
| Bob Martinson | 49 | Republican |
| Shirley Meyer | 36 | Democratic-NPL |
| Stacey L. Mickelson | 38 | Republican |
| David Monson | 10 | Republican |
| Paul C. Murphy | 29 | Republican |
| Jon Nelson | 7 | Republican |
| Eugene Nicholas | 15 | Republican |
| Ronald Nichols | 4 | Democratic-NPL |
| Carol A. Niemeier | 20 | Democratic-NPL |
| Darrell D. Nottestad | 43 | Republican |
| Bill Oban | 32 | Democratic-NPL |
| Alice A. Olson | 10 | Republican |
| Jim Poolman | 42 | Republican |
| Clara Sue Price | 40 | Republican |
| Dennis Renner | 31 | Republican |
| Earl Rennerfeldt | 1 | Republican |
| Wanda Rose | 32 | Democratic-NPL |
| Leland Sabby | 24 | Republican |
| Sally M. Sandvig | 21 | Democratic-NPL |
| Arlo Schmidt | 12 | Democratic-NPL |
| Robert J. Skarphol | 2 | Republican |
| Al Soukup | 44 | Republican |
| Allan Stenehjem | 25 | Republican |
| Ken Svedjan | 17 | Republican |
| Gerald Sveen | 6 | Republican |
| Lynn J. Thompson | 16 | Republican |
| Laurel Thoreson | 13 | Republican |
| Elwood Thorpe | 5 | Republican |
| Mike Timm | 5 | Democratic-NPL |
| Ben Tollefson | 38 | Republican |
| James Torgerson | 2 | Republican |
| Francis J. Wald | 37 | Republican |
| Rich Wardner | 37 | Republican |
| John Warner | 4 | Democratic-NPL |
| Amy Warnke | 42 | Republican |
| Robin Weisz | 14 | Republican |
| Janet Wentz | 3 | Republican |
| Gerry L. Wilkie | 9 | Democratic-NPL |

## Senate

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic | 19 |
| | Republican | 28 |
| Total | Total | 47 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 9 |

## Senate Members

Composition of the Senate :
| Senator | District | Party |
| John M. Andrist | 2 | Republican |
| James A. Berg | 44 | Democratic-NPL |
| Bill Bowman | 39 | Republican |
| Randel Christmann | 33 | Republican |
| Dwight Cook | 34 | Republican |
| Judy L. DeMers | 18 | Democratic-NPL |
| Tom Fischer | 46 | Republican |
| Layton Freborg | 8 | Republican |
| William G. Goetz | 37 | Republican |
| Tony Grindberg | 41 | Republican |
| Joel Heitkamp | 27 | Democratic-NPL |
| Ray Holmberg | 17 | Republican |
| Jerry Kelsh | 26 | Democratic-NPL |
| Meyer Kinnoin | 4 | Democratic-NPL |
| Jerry Klein | 14 | Republican |
| Aaron Krauter | 35 | Democratic-NPL |
| Karen Krebsbach | 40 | Republican |
| Ed Kringstad | 49 | Republican |
| Les J. LaFountain | 9 | Democratic-NPL |
| Judy Lee | 13 | Republican |
| Elroy N. Lindaas | 20 | Democratic-NPL |
| Evan E. Lips | 47 | Republican |
| Tim Mathern | 11 | Democratic-NPL |
| Duane Mutch | 19 | Republican |
| Marv Mutzenberger | 32 | Democratic-NPL |
| Pete Naaden | 28 | Republican |
| Donna Nalewaja | 45 | Republican |
| Carolyn Nelson | 21 | Democratic-NPL |
| Gary J. Nelson | 22 | Republican |
| Dave Nething | 48 | Republican |
| David O'Connell | 6 | Democratic-NPL |
| Rolland W. Redlin | 38 | Democratic-NPL |
| Larry J. Robinson | 24 | Democratic-NPL |
| Harvey Sand | 10 | Republican |
| Randy Schobinger | 3 | Republican |
| Ken Solberg | 7 | Republican |
| Rod St. Aubyn | 43 | Republican |
| Bob Stenehjem | 30 | Republican |
| Wayne Stenehjem | 42 | Republican |
| Harvey D. Tallackson | 16 | Democratic-NPL |
| Russell T. Thane | 25 | Republican |
| Vern Thompson | 12 | Democratic-NPL |
| Steven W. Tomac | 31 | Democratic-NPL |
| John T. Traynor | 15 | Republican |
| Herbert Urlacher | 36 | Republican |
| Terry Wanzek | 29 | Republican |
| Darlene Watne | 5 | Republican |
| Daniel K. Wogsland | 23 | Democratic-NPL |
| James C. Yockim | 1 | Democratic-NPL |