Byron Dorgan

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-S.D.) was re-elected to a third term in the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with nearly 70 percent of the vote after serving two previous terms in the Senate and six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1996, he has served in the Democratic leadership as an assistant Democratic floor leader, and since 1998, as chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy committee. He is the first North Dakotan to serve in the Senate leadership. Sen. Dorgan is also a senior member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, where he chairs the Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism Subcommittee. He has been a leader in efforts to ensure that rural areas have access to new, cutting edge communication technologies and to preserve the open and democratic character of the Internet (also known as net neutrality). Sen. Dorgan received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Dakota and earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Denver.