Early Life, Education, and Early Career
Heitkamp was born in 1955. She earned a B.A. from the University of North Dakota and a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School. In 1980-81, she was an attorney for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. After that, she was hired by the Office of the North Dakota State Tax Commissioner as an attorney.
In 1986, incumbent State Tax Commissioner Kent Conrad decided to retire in order to run for the U.S. Senate. Heitkamp ran for the position and won the statewide election with 66% of the vote against Republican Marshall Moore. She served in that position until 1992.
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