Clare Carlson is an American politician from

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who previously served as the North Dakota State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Rural Development. Carlson was appointed to the position by President

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and previously served in the same position under President

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. Carlson worked for U.S. Senator Mark Andrews as an Agriculture Legislative Assistant during the drafting and passage of the

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. He was later promoted to Andrews's State Agriculture Director. Carlson served on the senior staff of North Dakota Governors

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and

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. He served as a Republican member of the

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from the 18th district during the 53rd General Assembly. The 18th district included part of

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. He served alongside Democratic-NPL Representative Eliot Glassheim. He served on the Committee on Industry, Business, and Labor and the Committee on Agriculture. Carlson was succeeded after a single term by Democrat Linda Christenson. In 2000, he ran for

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, losing to Democratic incumbent Roger Johnson. Carlson, a longtime Republican activist, was a delegate to the

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and the

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