Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: A commander-in-chief is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces or significant elements of those forces. In the latter case, the force element is those forces within a particular region, or associated by function. As a practical term; it refers to military competencies that reside in a nation-state's executive leadershipeither a head of state, a head of government, a minister of defence, a national cabinet, or some other collegial body. Often, a given country's commander-in-chief (if held by an official) need not be or have been a commissioned officer or even a veteran. This follows the principle of civilian control of the military., North Dakota (locally ) is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889., John Henry Hoeven III (born March 13, 1957) is the senior United States Senator from North Dakota, in office since 2011. A member of the North Dakota Republican Party, he previously served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota from December 2000 to December 2010. Hoeven was elected to the U.S. Senate in the November 2, 2010 general election. He replaced junior Senator Byron L. Dorgan, who chose not to seek re-election. Hoeven became the senior Senator in 2013 after Kent Conrad retired and was replaced by Heidi Heitkamp, who was once Hoeven's opponent for the Governor's office., The North Dakota Republican Party (ND GOP) is the North Dakota affiliate of the Republican Party. The Party's platform is generally conservative. The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics. The Party holds nearly all statewide positions in addition to having a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, over the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. The current party chairman is Robert Harms. , The Governor of North Dakota is the head of the executive branch of North Dakota's state government and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces., John Stewart `` Jack '' Dalrymple III ( born October 16 , 1948 ) is a North Dakota politician and businessman who has been the 32nd Governor of North Dakota since 2010 . He was previously the 36th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 2000 until December 2010 , when Governor John Hoeven resigned and Dalrymple succeeded him . He has also served as a state representative , and ran for the U.S. Senate twice ., Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee for twelve years., Subject: jack dalrymple, Relation: member_of_political_party, Options: (A) democratic party (B) military (C) republican party (D) union
Output (English): republican party