Robert "Bob" Stenehjem ( ; January 12, 1952 – July 18, 2011) was a

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Republican politician, serving in the

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for District 30. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2001 until his death in 2011. Stenehjem ran for the Republican nomination for a seat on the North Dakota Public Service Commission in 2008 to succeed the retiring Commissioner, Susan Wefald. Stenehjem lost the nomination during the North Dakota Republican Party's state convention on March 29, 2008, coming in second place to eventual nominee

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, a professor at

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, during the North Dakota Republican Party state convention March 29, 2008. Stenehjem was subsequently re-elected to his seat in the state senate in 2008. Stenehjem was a graduate of

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and

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. He was a member of

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and the

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. He was the brother of

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Wayne Stenehjem Wayne Stenehjem ( ; February 5, 1953 – January 28, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 29th Attorney General of North Dakota from 2000 until his death in 2022. He sought the Republican nomination for governor of Nort ...

. On July 18, 2011, Stenehjem was killed in a single vehicle auto accident near

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, where his brother, John and son, Rob live.

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