Conley Ralph "Con" Bunde (born August 4, 1938) was an American educator and politician. He was born in

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

. Bunde graduated from Mankato High School in 1956. He then served in the

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for three years. Bunde received his bachelor's and master's degree from

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in 1966 and 1970. He lived in

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in 1962 and moved to

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in 1968. Bunde taught speech communication at

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. In between 1993 and 2003, Bunde served in the

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and was a Republican. He then served in the Alaska State Senate from 2003 to 2011.Our View: Con Bunde
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at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' 1938 births Living people Politicians from Mankato, Minnesota Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska Military personnel from Minnesota Central Washington University alumni University of Alaska Anchorage faculty Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Alaska Legislature Republican Party Alaska state senators {{Alaska-politician-stub