Editing Heidi Heitkamp (section)

==Early life and education==

Heitkamp was born in [[Breckenridge, Minnesota]], the fourth of seven children of Doreen LaVonne (née Berg), a school cook, and Raymond Bernard Heitkamp, a janitor and construction worker.<ref name=frpg1>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/senators/heitkamp.htm "Heitkamp genealogy site"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818153013/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ebattle/senators/heitkamp.htm |date=2016-08-18 }}, Freepages, Rootsweb.ancestry.com; accessed November 13, 2014.</ref><ref name="dickinson">{{cite news|title=From 'cleanup girl' to senator: Heitkamp talks of working class roots, large family|url=http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/cleanup-girl-senator-heitkamp-talks-working-class-roots-large-family|access-date=25 July 2016|publisher=Dickinson Press|date=16 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073707/http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/cleanup-girl-senator-heitkamp-talks-working-class-roots-large-family|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father was of German descent, her mother of half Norwegian and half German ancestry.<ref name=frpg1/> Heitkamp was raised in [[Mantador, North Dakota]], attending local public schools. She adopted the nickname "Heidi" in first grade to distinguish herself from two other classmates named Mary and Kathy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2185317-working-class-roots-large-family-shaped-future-senator |title=Working-class roots, large family shaped a future senator |date=December 16, 2012 |newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210716011522/https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2185317-working-class-roots-large-family-shaped-future-senator |archive-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> She earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from the [[University of North Dakota]] in 1977 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Lewis & Clark Law School]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H001069|title=HEITKAMP, Mary Kathryn (Heidi)|date=January 3, 2013|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>