North Dakota: Heitkamp Won’t Try for Senate Nomination
By Emily Cadei
Posted March 3, 2010 at 6:28pmFormer state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp will not challenge state Sen. Tracy Potter for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring incumbent Sen. Byron Dorgan (D).
Heitkamp had been viewed as a potentially strong candidate to take on Gov. John Hoeven, who is expected to be the Republican nominee.
“A campaign against a politician who has held office these past ten years would not be easy,” she said in a statement.
Potter is the only declared Democrat, but Kristin Hedger, a businesswoman and former Dorgan aide, has been exploring the race.