Full Name:
Rich Wardner
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Kayleen; 2 Children
Birth Date:
08/26/1942
Birth Place:
Mercer, ND
Home City:
Dickinson, ND
Religion:
Lutheran
BS, Dickinson State University
MS, Northern State University
Senator, North Dakota State Assembly, District 37, 1999-2022
Majority Leader, North Dakota State Senate, 2013-2022
Candidate, North Dakota State Senate, District 37, 2018
Former President Pro Tempore, North Dakota State Senate, 2011
Representative, North Dakota State Assembly, 1991-1997
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, North Dakota State Assembly
Former Member, Emergency Commission, North Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Revenue, North Dakota State Senate
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Energy Development and Transmission, North Dakota State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Legacy Fund Earnings, North Dakota State Senate
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Procedure and Arrangements, North Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Tribal Taxation Issues, North Dakota State Senate
Former Member, Joint Review Committee on Federal Environmental Law Impact, North Dakota State Senate
Chair, Council of State Governments, Midwest Legislative Conference, 2001-2002
Former Math/Chemistry Teacher, Dickinson High School
Former Executive Director, Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce
Member, Elks
Member, Legislative Management
Member, Rotary
Chair, Sunrise Youth Bureau