Tim Flakoll
{{short description|American politician and education administrator |bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{BLP sources|date=October 2018}}
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| name =Tim Flakoll
| honorific-suffix = Provost Emeritus
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| state_senate=North Dakota
| district=44th
| term_start= December 1, 1998
| term_end= December 1, 2016
| predecessor = Jim Berg
| successor =Merrill Piepkorn
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|8}}
| birth_place = Ellendale, North Dakota, United States
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Tim Flakoll (born October 8, 1959) is an American business owner, community leader, talk radio host and politician.
Cass County Commission in North Dakota
On March 15, 2018, Flakoll announced his candidacy for a seat on the Fargo, ND City Commission.{{cn|date=June 2025}} The election was won by the incumbent commissioners.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Flakoll was elected to a four-year term on the Cass County Commission with 98.48% of the vote (70,528 votes) on November 5, 2024.{{cn|date=June 2025}} It was the highest number of total votes received by a County Commission candidate through the first 135 years of North Dakota statehood.{{cn|date=June 2025}} The Commission contains five Commissioners, and Flakoll Represents District 1.{{cn|date=June 2025}} He was a member of the North Dakota State Senate from the 44th District of North Fargo, serving from December 1, 1998, through November 30, 2016.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
North Dakota Senate
Senator Flakoll served on the Senate Education committee for 18 years including serving as vice-chairman and as chair from 2012 - 2016.{{cn|date=June 2025}} Flakoll Chaired the Senate Agriculture committee for ten years from 2002 until 2012.{{cn|date=June 2025}} All bills in North Dakota receive hearings and votes on the floor.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In the 14 years that Flakoll Chaired the Senate Education or Senate Agriculture committees, those committees never lost a committee recommendation on the Senate floor during a floor vote.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Flakoll was elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate, serving his term in 2013-2014 (limited by rule to one term).{{cn|date=June 2025}} He was the 65th person to be elected to that position.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In the absence of the Lt. Governor, the President Pro Tempore presides over Senate floor sessions and can sign bills upon passage.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
He is a member of the Republican party.
Career
Flakoll was a founding employee member of the Fargo Moorhead RedHawks minor league professional baseball team. From 1995 to 2001 he served in various positions of increasing responsibility including vice-president and General Manager.{{cn|date=June 2025}} During those years the club qualified for the playoffs every year.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In 1998 the RedHawks won their first league championship with an alltime league best 64-21 regular season record and 70-22 with playoffs.{{cn|date=June 2025}} The record still stands.https://www.mifredhawks.com/a-professional-baseball-team-worth-the-mention-fargo-moorhead-redhawks/ Baseball America magazine named the 1998 RedHawks the Independent Team of the Decade for the 1990s (FMRedHawks.com).{{cn|date=June 2025}} As VP and General Manager the RedHawks won their club's first Northern League Championship and set annual attendance records.{{cite web|title=Tim Flakoll|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/21167/tim-flakoll|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}
Flakoll is an owner of the family ranch/farm in the Dakotas.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Flakoll has served as Provost for Tri-College University of Fargo-Moorhead, which includes Concordia College of Moorhead, MSUM, NDSU, M State and the North Dakota State College of Science. Tri-College campuses had a combined enrollment of more than 35,000 full and part-time students.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Flakoll was named Provost Emeritus by NDSU in 2024.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
Tim Flakoll often hosts the #1 rated Jay Thomas Show on 970 WDAY AM, 93.1 FM, and worldwide on the web. Shows are archived on multiple podcast platforms.
References
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https://www.ndsu.edu/institutes/northernplainsethics/people/advisory_board/
https://www.homewardonline.org/about-us/staffandboard.html/title/tim-flakoll
https://www.wdayradionow.com/podcast/the-jay-thomas-show/
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Category:Presidents pro tempore of the North Dakota Senate
Category:Republican Party North Dakota state senators
Category:People from Ellendale, North Dakota
Category:21st-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly
Category:20th-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly
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