Rich Wardner
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Rich Wardner
|image = ND State Senator Rich Wardner and his wife, Kayleen (cropped).jpg
|caption = Wardner in 2019
|office = Majority Leader of the North Dakota Senate
|term_start = September 6, 2011
|term_end = December 1, 2022
|predecessor = Bob Stenehjem
|successor = David Hogue
|state_senate1 = North Dakota
|district1 = 37th
|term_start1 = January 1999
|term_end1 = December 1, 2022
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 = Dean Rummel
|office2 = Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
|term_start2 = January 1991
|term_end2 = January 1997
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|8|26}}
|birth_place = Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|education = Dickinson State University {{small|(BS)}}
Northern State University {{small|(MS)}}
}}
Rich Wardner (born August 26, 1942) is a former Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for the 37th district.{{Cite web |url=http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/senate/senators/bios/rwardner.html |title=Senate webpage |access-date=March 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123012605/http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/senate/senators/bios/rwardner.html |archive-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://nwyc.capwiz.com/bio/id/3805&lvl=L&chamber=S|title=National Write Your Congressman -- Sen. Rich Wardner (R-North Dakota) biography|work=Capwiz.com|access-date=March 15, 2017}}
Biography
He graduated from Dickinson State University and received a Master's of Science from Northern State University. He worked as a science and math teacher, a football and basketball coach, and a farmer.Kate Bommarito, [http://plainsdaily.com/entry/senate-majority-leader-wardner-urges-caucus-to-keep-working-look-ahead/ Senate Majority Leader Wardner Urges Caucus to Keep Working & Look Ahead], Plains Daily, September 6, 2011Rebecca Beitsch, [http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-republicans-pick-leader-to-replace-stenehjem/article_327b1ede-d8f4-11e0-be75-001cc4c002e0.html Senate Republicans pick leader to replace Stenehjem], The Bismarck Tribune, September 7, 2011
From 1991 to 1997, he served in the North Dakota House of Representatives.[http://plainsdaily.com/entry/wardner-picked-to-replaced-stenehjem-as-nd-senate-majority-leader/ Wardner Picked To Replaced [sic] Stenehjem As ND Senate Majority Leader], Plains Daily, September 6, 2011 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625125231/http://plainsdaily.com/entry/wardner-picked-to-replaced-stenehjem-as-nd-senate-majority-leader/ |date=June 25, 2021 }} Between 1999-2022, he has served in the North Dakota Senate. Following the death of state Senator Bob Stenehjem in July 2011, he served as the Senate Majority Leader.
He is the former executive director of the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce. He now serves as chairman of Sunrise Youth Bureau and the Midwest Legislative Conference. He is a member of Legislative Management, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Rotary International. In 1999, he received the Public Service Award from the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndpetroleum.org/Information/Recipients.asp |title=North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association recipients |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701203016/http://ndpetroleum.org/Information/Recipients.asp |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
He is married to Kayleen Wardner, and they have two children. They live in Dickinson, North Dakota.
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Category:Dickinson State University alumni
Category:Northern State University alumni
Category:People from Dickinson, North Dakota
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the North Dakota Senate
Category:Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party North Dakota state senators
Category:21st-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly