Editing Heidi Heitkamp

{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Heidi Heitkamp
|image        = Heidi Heitkamp official portrait 113th Congress.jpg
|caption      = Official portrait, 2013
|jr/sr        = United States Senator
|state        = [[North Dakota]]
|term_start   = January 3, 2013
|term_end     = January 3, 2019
|predecessor  = [[Kent Conrad]]
|successor    = [[Kevin Cramer]]
|office1      = 28th [[North Dakota Attorney General|Attorney General of North Dakota]]
|governor1    = [[Ed Schafer]]
|term_start1  = December 15, 1992
|term_end1    = December 15, 2000
|predecessor1 = [[Nicholas Spaeth]]
|successor1   = [[Wayne Stenehjem]]
|office2      = 20th [[North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner|Tax Commissioner of North Dakota]]
|governor2    = [[George A. Sinner|George Sinner]]
|term_start2  = December 2, 1986
|term_end2    = December 15, 1992
|predecessor2 = Kent Conrad
|successor2   = [[Robert E. Hanson|Robert Hanson]]
|birth_name   = Mary Kathryn Heitkamp
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|10|30}}
|birth_place  = [[Breckenridge, Minnesota|Breckenridge]], [[Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ([[North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party|D-NPL]])
|spouse       = Darwin Lange
|children     = 2
|relatives    = [[Joel Heitkamp]] (brother)<br>[[Jason Heitkamp]] (cousin)
|education    = [[University of North Dakota]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Lewis & Clark College]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
|module       = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Questions FEMA Deputy Administrator Timothy Manning on Grants for Volunteer Fire Departments.ogg|title=Heidi Heitkamp's voice|type=speech|description=Heitkamp questions witnesses on [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] grants for volunteer fire departments<br/>Recorded April 12, 2016}}
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'''Mary Kathryn '''"'''Heidi'''"''' Heitkamp''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|aɪ|t|k|æ|m|p}}, {{Respell|HYTE|kamp}}; born October 30, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[North Dakota]] from 2013 to 2019. A member of the [[North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party]], she was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from North Dakota. Heitkamp served as the 20th [[North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner|North Dakota tax commissioner]] from 1986 to 1992 and as the 28th [[North Dakota Attorney General|North Dakota attorney general]] from 1992 to 2000. {{As of|2025}}, she is the last Democrat to hold  or win statewide and/or congressional office in North Dakota.

Heitkamp ran for [[governor of North Dakota]] in [[2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election|2000]] and lost to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[John Hoeven]]. She considered a bid for the Democratic nomination in the [[2010 United States Senate election in North Dakota|2010 U.S. Senate election]] to replace the retiring [[Byron Dorgan]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Heitkamp 'very interested' in rematch with Hoeven|first=Sean J. |last=Miller|date=January 7, 2010|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/58209-heitkamp-very-interested-in-rematch-with-hoeven/}}</ref> but on March 3, 2010, declined to run against Hoeven, who was ultimately elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/heitkamp_wont_r.php|title=Heitkamp Won't Run In ND|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=March 3, 2010|work=[[The Hotline]]|first=Erin|last=McPike|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708172945/http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/heitkamp_wont_r.php|archive-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>

In November 2011, Heitkamp declared her candidacy to replace the retiring [[Kent Conrad]] as U.S. senator from North Dakota in [[2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota|the 2012 election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Daum|first=Kristen M|title=Speculation No More: Heitkamp announces U.S. Senate run|url=http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92261|date=November 8, 2011|newspaper=Flickertales from The Hill|access-date=November 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716024945/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92261|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> She narrowly defeated Republican Congressman [[Rick Berg]] on November 6, 2012, in that year's closest Senate race.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrat-heidi-heitkamp-defeats-republican-rick-berg-to-win-us-senate-race-in-north-dakota/2012/11/07/3b5d20ea-290e-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111160851/http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrat-heidi-heitkamp-defeats-republican-rick-berg-to-win-us-senate-race-in-north-dakota/2012/11/07/3b5d20ea-290e-11e2-aaa5-ac786110c486_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-11|title=Democrat Heidi Heitkamp defeats Republican Rick Berg to win US Senate race in North Dakota|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 7, 2012|accessdate=November 13, 2014}}</ref> Heitkamp was North Dakota's second female senator, after [[Jocelyn Burdick]], and the first woman to be elected to the Senate from the state.<ref name="kfyrtv">{{cite web|title=Election Night in North Dakota |url=http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=60275|publisher=kfyrtv.com|access-date=November 13, 2014|date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520203954/http://kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=60275|archive-date=May 20, 2013}}</ref> On November 6, 2018, Republican congressman [[Kevin Cramer]] defeated Heitkamp in [[2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota|her bid for reelection]].<ref name="ABC News">{{cite news|title=Incumbent Sen. Heidi Heitkamp concedes to Kevin Cramer in North Dakota Senate Race|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kevin-cramer-defeat-incumbent-sen-heidi-heitkamp-senate/story?id=58853937|date=November 6, 2018|access-date=November 7, 2018|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|language=en}}</ref> After leaving the Senate, Heitkamp became a CNBC contributor<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Heidi |last=Heitkamp |user=HeidiHeitkamp |number=1085160803244929024 |title=Off to an interesting start! Looking forward to talking with you all as a @CNBC contributor. #NewBeginning |date=15 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210716010934/https://twitter.com/HeidiHeitkamp/status/1085160803244929024 |archive-date=16 July 2021|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> and visiting fellow at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government|Harvard Kennedy School]]'s Institute of Politics.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-dakota/articles/2019-01-17/former-us-sen-heitkamp-secures-roles-with-harvard-cnbc|title=Former US Sen. Heitkamp Secures Roles With Harvard, CNBC|newspaper=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 17, 2019|accessdate=February 26, 2019}}</ref> In April 2019, with Senator [[Joe Donnelly]] of [[Indiana]] (who also [[2018 United States Senate election in Indiana|lost reelection in 2018]]), she launched One Country Project, an organization aimed at helping Democrats reconnect with rural voters.<ref name="Indianapolis Star">{{cite news|first=Tony|last=Cook|title=Former Sen. Joe Donnelly's new initiative: Teach Democrats to value rural voters|url=https://indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/27/joe-donnellys-new-initiative-teach-democrats-value-rural-voters/3573371002/|date=April 29, 2019|access-date=June 6, 2019|work=[[Indianapolis Star]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onecountryproject.com/|title=One Country Project|website=One Country Project}}</ref> In January 2023, Heitkamp became the director of the [[University of Chicago Institute of Politics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heidi Heitkamp named director of UChicago's Institute of Politics|agency=University of Chicago News |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/heidi-heitkamp-named-director-uchicagos-institute-politics |access-date=October 11, 2022 |website=news.uchicago.edu |date=11 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==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>

== Early career ==
Heitkamp interned for the [[United States Congress]] in 1976 and in the [[North Dakota Legislative Assembly]] in 1977.<ref name="dickinson" />

===Practicing attorney and politics===
In 1980 and 1981, Heitkamp worked as an attorney for the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>[http://www.dakotagas.com/About_Us/Governance/Biographies/Heidi_Heitkamp.html Heidi Heitkamp biography] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120729182508/http://www.dakotagas.com/About_Us/Governance/Biographies/Heidi_Heitkamp.html |date=2012-07-29 }}, dakotagas.com; accessed November 13, 2014.</ref> She next worked as an attorney for North Dakota State Tax Commissioner [[Kent Conrad]].<ref name="dickinson" />

She also became active in politics, joining the [[North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party]]. In 1984, Heitkamp ran for [[North Dakota State Auditor|state Auditor]] and lost to incumbent Republican [[Robert W. Peterson (politician)|Robert W. Peterson]].<ref name="dickinson"/> In 1986, [[Kent Conrad]] resigned as tax commissioner after his [[1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota|election to the U.S. Senate]]. [[Governor of North Dakota|North Dakota Governor]] [[George A. Sinner]] appointed Heitkamp tax commissioner before she ran for the office and was elected with 66% of the vote against Republican Marshall Moore.<ref>{{cite web|title=ND Tax Commissioner Race – November 8, 1988|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=607951|work=Our Campaigns|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> She served in that position until 1992.

===North Dakota attorney general===
In 1992, the incumbent [[North Dakota Attorney General|North Dakota attorney general]], [[Nick Spaeth]], retired in order to run for governor. Heitkamp ran for attorney general and won with 62% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=ND Attorney General Race|date=November 3, 1992|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=613687|work=Our Campaigns|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> She was reelected in 1996 with 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=ND Attorney General Race|date=November 5, 1996|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=613688|work=Our Campaigns|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>

As attorney general of North Dakota, Heitkamp became known for leading the state's legal efforts to seek damages from tobacco companies, eventually resulting in the [[Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ridel|first1=Kaitlyn|title=Profile: North Dakota Sen.-elect Heidi Heitkamp|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/07/heitkamp-north-dakota-senate-profile/1690047/|access-date=8 February 2018|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=November 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kolpack|first1=Dave|title=Group seeks measure on tobacco money|url=http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/group-seeks-measure-on-tobacco-money/article_05a8346b-09bf-55dd-af2f-66219c772475.html|access-date=8 February 2018|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[Bismarck Tribune]]|date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>

===2000 gubernatorial election===
{{Main|2000 North Dakota gubernatorial election}}

In 2000, incumbent Republican governor [[Ed Schafer]] decided not to seek a third term. Heitkamp ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. On the Republican side, [[John Hoeven]], CEO of the [[Bank of North Dakota]], also ran unopposed. During her campaign for governor, it was announced that Heitkamp had been diagnosed with [[breast cancer]], which later went into remission. Hoeven defeated her, 55% to 45%. Heitkamp won 12 of the [[List of counties in North Dakota|state's 53 counties]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ND Governor Race – November 7, 2000|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=79|work=Our Campaigns|access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Business===
From 2001 to 2012, Heitkamp served as an external director on the [[Dakota Gasification Company]]'s Great Plains synfuels plant's board of directors.<ref>{{cite news|title=In North Dakota, a Competitive Contest for Senate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/politics/in-north-dakota-a-competitive-contest-for-senate.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 10, 2012|date=September 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name="bismarcktribune">{{cite web|url=http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/heitkamp-campaigns-on-problem-solving-over-partisanship/article_61fe5c92-0f0e-11e2-b3d9-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Heitkamp campaigns on problem solving over partisanship|work=[[Bismarck Tribune]]|access-date=November 10, 2012|date=October 7, 2012|last=Smith| first=Nick}}</ref><ref name="huffington_eliot">{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Eliot|title=Heidi Heitkamp Sworn In To Senate, Awkwardness Ensues|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/03/heidi-heitkamp-senate_n_2404908.html|publisher=huffingtonpost.com|access-date=January 6, 2013|date=January 3, 2013}}</ref> She now serves on the advisory board of the [[Canadian American Business Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who We Are|url=https://cabc.co/who-we-are/|access-date=2021-08-28|website=CABC|language=en-US}}</ref>

Heitkamp's brother, [[Joel Heitkamp|Joel]], is a radio talk-show host and former North Dakota state senator. Heitkamp has occasionally filled in as host of his program, ''[[News and Views (radio)|News and Views]]'', which is broadcast on [[KFGO (AM)|KFGO]] in [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] and other stations in North Dakota.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heitkamp mounts campaign with brother supplying air support, though few see it tipping race|url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/2181699-heitkamp-mounts-campaign-brother-supplying-air-support-though|access-date=8 February 2018|newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]]|date=September 30, 2012|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063621/http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/2181699-heitkamp-mounts-campaign-brother-supplying-air-support-though|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="politicolastdemocrat">{{cite news|last1=Everett|first1=Burgess|title=North Dakota's last Democrat?|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/22/heidi-heitkamp-north-dakota-239805|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=13 February 2018|date=June 22, 2017}}</ref>

==U.S. Senate==

===Elections===

==== 2012 ====
{{Main|2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota}}

In January 2011, incumbent Democratic U.S. senator [[Kent Conrad]] announced he would not seek reelection in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Haga |first=Chuck |title=Conrad's current Senate term his last |url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/190488 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216121710/http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/190488 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2011 |newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]] |date=January 18, 2011 }}</ref> On November 8, 2011, Heitkamp announced that she would seek the open seat.<ref>{{cite news|title=ND Democrat Heidi Heitkamp to run for US Senate|url=https://news.yahoo.com/nd-democrat-heidi-heitkamp-run-us-senate-161554742.html|access-date=November 11, 2011|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=November 8, 2011|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> She vowed to be "an independent voice".<ref>{{cite news|last=Camia|first=Catalina|title=Democrats promote Heitkamp in N.D. Senate race|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/11/heidi-heitkamp-north-dakota-senate-kent-conrad-/1|access-date=November 11, 2011|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=November 8, 2011}}</ref>

Heitkamp won the November 6, 2012, Senate election by 2,936 votes, less than 1% of the ballots cast. Berg conceded the race the next day,<ref>{{cite web|last=Eccher|first=Marino|title=Berg concedes Senate race, averting recount|url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/248857|publisher=Forum Communications|access-date=January 6, 2013|date=November 7, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> though he could have asked for a "demand recount" under North Dakota law.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011–13 North Dakota Secretary of State Recount Guidelines|url=https://vip.sos.nd.gov/pdfs/Portals/recountGuidelines.pdf|publisher=vip.sos.nd.gov|access-date=November 10, 2012|date=August 2011|quote=NDCC § 16.1–16–01(2)(b) Demand Recounts – If an individual fails to be elected by more than 0.5% but less than 2% of the vote cast for the candidate receiving the most votes for the office sought.}}</ref>

In 2014, ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' suggested that Heitkamp might be a presidential contender in 2020, writing that she had come to Washington "personifying traditional values of the [[Old West]]: candor, consistency, hard work, and a sense of good faith and fair play."<ref name="DB" />

In December 2016, it was reported that President-elect [[Donald Trump]] was considering Heitkamp for [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]].<ref name="Cabinet Reuters">{{cite web|last1=Scheyder|first1=Ernest|title=Trump considering Senator Heitkamp of North Dakota for Cabinet: source|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-heitkamp/trump-considering-senator-heitkamp-of-north-dakota-for-cabinet-source-idUSKBN13Q5O0|work=[[Reuters]]|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2018}}</ref> In response, Heitkamp said on the radio that she would likely refuse any such offer. "I'm not saying 'never, never,' but I will tell you that I'm very, very honored to serve the people of North Dakota and I hope that no matter what I do, that will always be my first priority...The job that I have right now is incredibly challenging. I love it."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hinckley|first1=Story|title=Heidi Heitkamp: Another Democrat who would likely turn down role in Trump cabinet|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1223/Heidi-Heitkamp-Another-Democrat-who-would-likely-turn-down-role-in-Trump-cabinet|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=December 24, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> Trump eventually nominated former Georgia governor [[Sonny Perdue]] for the job.

Heitkamp represented North Dakota in the Senate from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2019, alongside Republican [[John Hoeven]], her former opponent in the governor's race.<ref name="DB">{{cite news|last=McElwaine|first=Sandra|title=Never Bet Against Senator Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota's Rising Star|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/23/never-bet-against-senator-heidi-heitkamp-north-dakota-s-rising-star.html|access-date=9 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=January 23, 2014}}</ref>

==== 2018 ====
[[File:Heidi Heitkamp campaigning in October 2018.png|thumb|Heitkamp campaigning in October 2018]]

{{main|2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota}}

On September 13, 2017, a day after dining at the [[White House]] with several other senators and Trump, Heitkamp announced she would seek a second term. She spoke of the importance of legislation regarding infrastructure, [[tax reform]], and energy and farm policy. Representative [[Kevin Cramer]] won the [[United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2018#Results 2|Republican primary]] to challenge Heitkamp.<ref name="United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2018">{{Cite web |title=United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2018 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Dakota,_2018 |website=[[Ballotpedia]]}}</ref>

In October 2018, Heitkamp apologized after her campaign ran a newspaper advertisement that "included names of victims of [[domestic violence]], [[sexual assault]] or [[rape]] without their permission."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=John |last2=Sullivan |first2=Sean |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Heitkamp apologizes for listing sexual assault, domestic abuse victims — some without permission — in newspaper ad |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/heitkamp-apologizes-for-misidentifying-sexual-assault-victims-in-newspaper-ad/2018/10/16/2af146e6-d169-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Merica |first1=Dan |date=October 17, 2018 |title=Heidi Heitkamp's campaign mistakenly named them as abuse survivors. Now they want answers. |website=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/politics/heitkamp-abuse-survivors-answers/index.html |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Arkin |first1=James |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Heitkamp apologizes after ad mistakenly named women as sexual assault survivors |website=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/16/heitkamp-apologizes-sexual-assault-survivors-908090 |access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

On November 6, 2018, Cramer defeated Heitkamp with 55.4% of the vote, despite raising $22 million less than her.<ref name="ABC News" />

===Committee assignments===

*'''[[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]]'''
**[[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management|Subcommittee on Commodities, Markets, Trade and Risk Management]] (Ranking Member)
**[[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security|Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security]]
**[[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation|Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation]]
*'''[[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs]]'''
**[[United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy|Subcommittee on Economic Policy]] (Ranking Member)
**[[United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development|Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development]]
**[[United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance|Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance]]
*'''[[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs]]'''
**[[United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations|Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations]]
**[[United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management|Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management]] (Ranking Member)
*'''[[United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs|Committee on Indian Affairs]]'''
*'''[[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship]]'''

===Caucus memberships===
* [[Afterschool Caucuses]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyCongressionalCaucuses.cfm|publisher=Afterschool Alliance|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|publisher=Congressional NextGen 9–1–1 Caucus|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142643/http://www.ng911institute.org/about-the-congressional-nextgen-9-1-1-caucus|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Later career==

Heitkamp is a contributor to CNBC. In the [[2020 United States presidential election in North Dakota|2020 presidential election]], she was on North Dakota's [[Democratic-NPL]] elector slate for [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://burleighco.com/uploads/resources/3712/general-sample-ballot-website.pdf |title=BURLEIGH COUNTY: GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 |website=burleighco.com}}</ref> Trump won the state's three electoral votes. In 2020, she was named a potential candidate for [[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] in the [[Biden Administration]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/biden-cabinet.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage |access-date=11 November 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Politico Staff|title=Meet the contenders for Biden's Cabinet|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-cabinet-picks-possible-choices-433431|access-date=November 17, 2020|date=November 17, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref> Biden ultimately chose [[Tom Vilsack]], who had previously held the position under President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vilsack chosen as Biden's Agriculture secretary |url=https://www.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/08/tom-vilsak-agriculture-secretary-biden-443825 |access-date=8 December 2020 |work=[[Politico]] |date=8 December 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2021, Heitkamp lobbied against Democratic Party efforts to raise taxes on corporations, large inheritances and the superwealthy to pay for a [[Build Back Better Plan|$3.5 trillion social spending bill]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last1=Weisman|first1=Jonathan|last2=Rappeport|first2=Alan|last3=Tankersley|first3=Jim|date=September 7, 2021|title=Democrats and Lobbyists Gird for Battle Over Far-Reaching Tax Increases|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/us/politics/biden-tax-increases.html|access-date=2021-09-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The lobbyist [[John Breaux]] recruited her to advocate against taxation of large inheritances.<ref name=":1" />

In October 2022, Heitkamp was named director of the [[University of Chicago Institute of Politics|Institute of Politics]] at the [[University of Chicago]] in Chicago, IL, after previously serving there as a Pritzker Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-11 |title=Former US Senator Heidi Heitkamp Named IOP Director |url=https://politics.uchicago.edu/uploads/homepage/formerUSSenatorHeidiHeitkampnamedIOPDirector.pdf |website=Institute of Politics}}</ref>

Heitkamp is a board member for [[American Edge]], a lobbying organization for the technology industry, and [[Norfolk Southern]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last1=Feiner |first1=Brian |last2=Schwartz |first2=Lauren |date=2023-05-01 |title=Facebook was the main donor to a group that fought antitrust reforms in 2020 and 2021 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/01/facebook-primary-donor-group-antitrust-fight.html |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en}}</ref><ref >{{Cite web |last1=Saporta|first1=Maria |date=2024-05-27 |title=Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern survives leadership challenge |url=https://saportareport.com/atlanta-based-norfolk-southern-survives-leadership-challenge/columnists/maria_saporta/|access-date=2024-05-31 |language=en}}</ref>

==Political positions==
Heitkamp has been described as a [[New Democrats (United States)|moderate Democrat]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ed|last=O’Keefe|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-small-band-of-moderate-democrats-could-be-key-to-the-gop-senates-success/2015/01/11/5172dfdc-9748-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html|title=Who are the most powerful in the Senate? Not exactly whom you might think.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 11, 2015|access-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=David|title=Trump says he's counting on support from North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/06/trump-says-hes-counting-support-north-dakota-democrat-heidi-heitkamp/639538001/|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref> She was considered a [[Centrism|centrist]] and often supported bipartisan legislation.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Sheryl A.|last=Stolberg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/politics/heidi-heitkamp-koch-brothers.html|title=For Heitkamp, a Lift From an Unlikely Source: The Koch Brothers|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 1, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The ''[[National Journal]]'' has given her a composite rating of 53% liberal and 47% conservative.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The almanac of American politics 2016 : members of Congress and governors: their profiles and election results, their states and districts|first1=James A.|last1=Barnes|last2=Keating|first2=Holland|last3=Charlie|first3=Cook|last4=Michael|first4=Barone|last5=Louis|first5=Jacobson|last6=Louis|first6=Peck|isbn=9781938518317|oclc=927103599}}</ref> The [[American Conservative Union]] gives her a lifetime 13.67% conservative rating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/?year1=2015&chamber=11&state1=0&sortable=1|title=ACU Ratings|website=ACU Ratings|access-date=2016-12-21|archive-date=2017-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321100048/http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/?year1=2015&chamber=11&state1=0&sortable=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fiscally conservative group [[Americans for Prosperity]] gives Heitkamp a lifetime score of 26% and a higher score of 70% in 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/41716/heidi-heitkamp|title=Heidi Heitkamp's Ratings and Endorsements|website=votesmart.org}}</ref> [[Americans for Democratic Action]], which supports liberal positions, gave her a score of 45% liberal in 2016 and 60% liberal in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> According to [[FiveThirtyEight]], Heitkamp voted in line with Trump's positions over 54% of the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/heidi-heitkamp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405011928/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/heidi-heitkamp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2017|title=Tracking Heidi Heitkamp In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=2017-01-30|work=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-heitkamp-pull-off-a-second-upset-in-north-dakota/|title=Can Heitkamp Pull Off A Second Upset In North Dakota?|last=Velencia|first=Janie|date=October 12, 2018|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=October 13, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Congressional Quarterly]]'' published a study finding that she voted with Trump's position 67% of the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.journalgazette.net/blog/political-notebook/20180214/study-finds-62-of-donnellys-votes-support-trumps-positions|title=Study finds 62% of Donnelly's votes support Trump's positions|newspaper=[[Journal Gazette]]|access-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> The [[Associated Press]] found that she voted with his positions more than 68% of the time.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/284e3aba553d446b9213245dca7d74b5|title=AP FACT CHECK: It's true Heitkamp votes often with Trump|work=[[AP News]]|access-date=July 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2018, [[GovTrack]] placed Heitkamp near the center of the Senate as the third-most moderate Democrat, to the right of moderate Republican senator [[Susan Collins]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/heidi_heitkamp/412554|title=Heidi Heitkamp, Senator for North Dakota – GovTrack.us|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref>

In March 2018, Heitkamp co-sponsored the [[Israel Anti-Boycott Act]] (s. 720), which would have made it a federal crime for American contractors to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and [[Israeli settlement]]s in the occupied [[Israeli-occupied territories|Palestinian territories]] if protesting actions by the Israeli government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/720/cosponsors|title=Cosponsors – S.720 – 115th Congress (2017–2018): Israel Anti-Boycott Act|date=23 March 2017|website=congress.gov}}</ref>

In June 2018, [[Americans for Prosperity]], which is backed by the [[Koch family|Koch brothers]], ran digital advertisements thanking Heitkamp for her vote to pass legislation loosening financial regulations on banks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/sen-heidi-heitkamp-is-getting-help-from-the-koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity.html|title=A Vulnerable Senate Democrat Is Getting Help From the Unlikeliest of Places|last=Voorhees|first=Josh|work=Slate Magazine|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Healthcare===
Heitkamp has said that the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] contains "good and bad" elements and that "it needs to be fixed." She criticized her Senate race opponent [[Rick Berg]] for wanting to repeal the law, citing concerns about insurance companies denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions.<ref name="Health1">{{cite news|title=Heidi Heitkamp runs with Obamacare|first=Rachel|last=Weiner|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/heidi-heitkamp-runs-with-obamacare/2012/06/18/gJQAiUoSlV_blog.html|date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>

During the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013]], Heitkamp criticized Republican attempts to use the [[Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res 59)|Continuing Appropriations Resolution]] as "a vehicle to legislate other issues," such as the defunding of the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] and a delay of its individual mandate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/72566|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017203656/http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/72566/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2013|title=ND delegation members call for compromise to end gov't shutdown|work=The Dickinson Press|first=Mike|last=Nowatzki|date=October 2, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> She was one of 14 members of the bipartisan Senate group that negotiated the compromise that was the basis of the eventual deal to end the shutdown.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Nowatzki|title=Heitkamp on Senate debt limit deal: 'The adults are taking charge'|url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/275937|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022140556/http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/275937/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2013|newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]]|date=October 16, 2013}}</ref> During the 2013 government shutdown, Heitkamp donated about $8,000 of her salary to North Dakota charities that support veterans, provide healthcare supplies to those that cannot afford them, and raise breast cancer awareness.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Keefe|first1=Ed|title=10 ways members gave back after the government shutdown|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/28/10-things-we-learned-about-congressional-giving|access-date=August 13, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>

In January 2018, Heitkamp was one of six Democrats to join Republican senators in voting to confirm Trump's nominee for Health secretary, [[Alex Azar]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/370511-senate-advances-trumps-health-secretary-nominee/|title=Senate confirms Trump health secretary|last=Cohn|first=Alicia|date=January 24, 2018|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=July 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Economic issues===
Heitkamp sought to get the Trump Administration "to get the [[Export–Import Bank of the United States|Export-Import Bank]] in high gear to help North Dakota's economy."<ref name="politicolastdemocrat"/>

Heitkamp said she would support a [[balanced budget amendment]] to the Constitution "with exceptions" if elected. She said the exceptions would include wartime spending, [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]], and a ban on tax cuts for those making more than $1 million per year.<ref name="huff_1">{{cite news|last=Celock|first=John|title=Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota Senate Candidate, Touts Obama Independence In New Ad|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/heidi-heitkamp-north-dakota-obama_n_1880686.html|access-date=November 9, 2012|website=[[Huffington Post]]|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref>

Heitkamp announced in a 2012 campaign press release that she supports the [[Buffett Rule]]. She supports implementing the Buffett Rule via the Paying a Fair Share Act, which would require those making a gross income of $1 million or more to pay at least a 30% federal tax rate.<ref name="heidifornorthdakota_1">{{cite web|title=Heitkamp Challenges Rep. Berg: Focus on Deficit Reduction and Support Buffett Rule, Not Cutting Your Own Taxes|url=http://heidifornorthdakota.com/media/heitkamp-challenges-rep-berg-focus-on-deficit-reduction-and-support-buffett-rule-not-cutting-your-own-taxes|website=heidifornorthdakota.com|access-date=November 9, 2012|date=April 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113111716/http://heidifornorthdakota.com/media/heitkamp-challenges-rep-berg-focus-on-deficit-reduction-and-support-buffett-rule-not-cutting-your-own-taxes/|archive-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref>

After [[first inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump's inauguration in 2017]], Heitkamp was described as being "under intense pressure from the president to defect to the tax reform cause."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=S.A.|title=Democrat Heitkamp to appear with Trump Wednesday|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/5/heidi-heitkamp-appear-trump/|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> On December 1, 2017, she joined every Democrat and 14 House and Senate Republicans in voting against the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Jasmine C.|last2=Shorey|first2=Rachel|last3=Simon|first3=Sara|title=See How Every Senator Voted on the Republican Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-tax-bill-vote.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref>

Heitkamp was described in 2017 as wanting "to use her White House connections to prod Trump to take a softer view on trade".<ref name="politicolastdemocrat"/>

''[[Politico]]'' wrote in 2017 that Heitkamp "hates the White House's budget's agriculture cuts and believes they'd devastate North Dakota".<ref name="politicolastdemocrat"/>

Heitkamp was one of the chief architects of [[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act|a bank deregulation bill]] that rolled back provisions of [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act|Dodd-Frank]]. Many progressives, most notably [[Elizabeth Warren]], have urged her colleagues to oppose the bill.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Berman|first1=Russell|title=Heidi Heitkamp Takes On Elizabeth Warren Over the Senate Banking Bill|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/heitkamp-elizabeth-warren-senate-banking-bill-dodd-frank/555524/|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref> She was one of 17 Democrats who broke with the majority of their party and voted with Republicans to ease bank regulations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/15/why-senate-democrats-voted-for-bank-bill-to-ease-dodd-frank-rules.html|title=Why 17 Democrats voted with Republicans to ease bank rules|first1=John W.|last1=Schoen|first2=Jacob |last2=Pramuk|date=March 15, 2018|work=[[CNBC]]|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> Trump invited Heitkamp to take part in the signing ceremony after the bill's passage.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Thomas|last=Beaumont|url=https://www.apnews.com/1dd72b2f28944bf7b7e8f2262c7f41bc|title=In pro-Trump ND, Democrat Heitkamp has no time for resisting|work=[[AP News]]|date=June 9, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Same-sex marriage===
On April 5, 2013, Heitkamp announced her support for [[same-sex marriage]], along with fellow [[Red states and blue states|red state]] Democratic Senator [[Joe Donnelly]], who entered the Senate at the same time Heitkamp did.<ref>{{cite news|last=Robillard|first=Kevin|title=Two more Democratic senators endorse gay marriage|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/heidi-heitkamp-joe-donnelly-gay-marriage-stance-89671.html|access-date=April 5, 2013|website=[[Politico]]|date=April 5, 2013}}</ref>

===Abortion===
When running for Senate in 2012, Heitkamp said she opposed public funding of [[abortion]]s and believed that "late term abortions should be illegal except when necessary to save the life of the mother." After her election, however, she voted to [[filibuster]] a bill that would have made abortions illegal after the fifth month of pregnancy except when the mother's life is endangered. Heitkamp's apparent shift led to criticism by [[Marjorie Dannenfelser]] of the anti-abortion [[Susan B. Anthony List]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCormack|first1=John|title=North Dakota's Senator Heitkamp Won't Explain Flip-Flop on Late-Term Abortion|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/north-dakotas-senator-heitkamp-wont-explain-flip-flop-on-late-term-abortion/article/1035131|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426210702/http://www.weeklystandard.com/north-dakotas-senator-heitkamp-wont-explain-flip-flop-on-late-term-abortion/article/1035131|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2016|website=[[The Weekly Standard]]|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref>

[[Planned Parenthood]], which supports legal abortion and [[reproductive rights]], has given Heitkamp a 100% lifetime rating. She received a 100% rating from [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]], a 20% rating from the [[Anti-abortion movements|anti-abortion]] organization [[National Right to Life]], and a 20% rating from [[Democrats for Life of America|Democrats for Life]], a group of anti-abortion Democrats.<ref name=":0" />

===Filibuster reform===
Heitkamp said she supports reforming the [[filibuster in the United States Senate]], but did not endorse the proposal by Senators [[Ron Wyden]] and [[Tom Udall]] to do so.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alexander|last=Bolton|title=Senate Dem freshmen want party to back 'talking filibuster'|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/138452-senate-dem-freshmen-want-party-to-back-talking-filibuster/|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=January 4, 2015|access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref>

===Support for Hillary Clinton===
Heitkamp was described in 2014 as a "[[Hillary Clinton]] fan" who believed Clinton would "run, win, and be 'an excellent president.'" She said of Clinton, "I think she transcends gender. When people look at her, they don't see male or female. They see a very accomplished, qualified candidate. She's very collaborative, very open to a different way of looking at things, uber smart. She digs down and understands an issue."<ref name="DB" />

Heitkamp was less enthusiastic about Clinton by 2016, in light of her [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|email controversy]] and what Heitkamp perceived as Clinton's turn to the left. In 2018, when asked when Clinton would "ride off into the sunset," Heitkamp replied, "Not soon enough."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/378635-heitkamp-on-when-hillary-clinton-will-go-away-not-soon-enough/|title=Heitkamp on when Hillary Clinton will leave politics: 'Not soon enough'|first=Josh|last=Delk|date=15 March 2018|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

===Relationship with Donald Trump===
After the [[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]], in which Trump won North Dakota overwhelmingly, Heitkamp said she did not have to change her views to appeal to Trump supporters. In December 2016, she told [[Bloomberg News]], "Many of the people who voted for Donald Trump are the same voters from rural communities who I know, grew up with and work with every day." According to Bloomberg, Heitkamp "hinted at a preference for Trump politicos over Washington ones because the former don't 'come as establishment Republicans,' but have a great 'willingness to listen to a different perspective.'"<ref name="Bloomberg tiptoe" />

In a June 2017 profile, Burgess Everett of ''[[Politico]]'' wrote, "Washington is a surprisingly cozy place right now for Heitkamp. She met with Trump about a Cabinet position in December, visited the White House three times since and speaks regularly to Trump's chief of staff [[Reince Priebus]] and top economic adviser [[Gary Cohn (investment banker)|Gary Cohn]]...Heitkamp is plainly chummier with Trump than she was to President [[Barack Obama]]." Everett quoted [[Senate Minority Whip]] [[Dick Durbin]] as saying that it is "a complete waste of time" to try to get Heitkamp to vote with her party when she is determined to do otherwise. "Her independence, and her closeness to Trump, will be a boon if she does run again," Everett wrote. "Republicans respect Heitkamp, and Sen. [[John Hoeven]] (R-N.D.) said she will enter as the favorite."<ref name="politicolastdemocrat"/>

On September 6, 2017, Trump gave a speech in North Dakota and, in addition to inviting Republican officials onstage, also asked Heitkamp to join him, explaining: "Everyone's saying: What's she doing up here? But I'll tell you what: Good woman, and I think we'll have your support—I hope we'll have your support. And thank you very much, senator. Thank you for coming up." Amber Phillips of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that given Trump's popularity in North Dakota, his remarks had amounted to "a potentially massive boost" for Heitkamp as she sought "to remain the state's lone statewide elected Democrat."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Phillips|first1=Amber|title=With 'good woman,' did Donald Trump just help Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp get reelected?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/with-good-woman-did-donald-trump-just-help-democratic-sen-heidi-heitkamp-get-reelected/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref> Heitkamp had flown with Trump to North Dakota on [[Air Force One]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawler|first1=Joseph|title=Trump asks Heidi Heitkamp for her vote on taxes at North Dakota rally|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-asks-heidi-heitkamp-for-her-vote-on-taxes-at-north-dakota-rally/article/2633597|newspaper=[[The Washington Examiner]]|date=September 6, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

Heitkamp heard from approximately 1,400 North Dakotans about Trump's nomination of [[Betsy DeVos]] for [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]. About 1,330 of them opposed it. She then announced her opposition to DeVos, attributing her decision to this overwhelming public reaction. "Need an education secretary who puts students 1st & will work to strengthen public school education, not privatize it as Betsy DeVos would," Heitkamp tweeted.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kahn|first1=Mattie|title=Keep Calling Your Representatives; It's Working|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a42536/keep-calling-your-representatives-heidi-heitkamp-betsy-devos/|magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

Heitkamp was the first Democrat to support and one of the handful of Democrats to vote to confirm Trump's nominee [[Mike Pompeo]] as Secretary of State.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/politics/heidi-heitkamp-to-vote-for-pompeo/index.html|title=Democratic senator will vote for Pompeo|first1=Ashley|last1=Killough |first2=Phil |last2=Mattingly|work=[[CNN]]|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>

According to [[FiveThirtyEight]], during her final two years in the Senate, Heitkamp voted the second-most in line with Trump among the [[Senate Democratic Caucus|Democratic Caucus]], behind only Senator [[Joe Manchin]] of [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=January 30, 2017|title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130161612/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2017|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|language=en}}</ref>

'''<big>Relationship with Joe Biden</big>'''

In regards to [[Joe Biden|President Biden]] [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|dropping out]] of the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]], Heitkamp said on July 21, 2024 that while she considers Biden an ally and a close friend, she added "[today was] a good day for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]." She called his decision "a sacrifice he is making for the country." and added "He has served this country so ably, it can't have been easy."<ref>{{Cite web |last=America |first=Good Morning |title='A good day for the Democratic Party,' Sen. Heitkamp says |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/live-updates/biden-drops-out-updates-112113289/a-good-day-for-the-democratic-party-sen-heitkamp-says-112144187 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Good Morning America |language=en}}</ref>
=== Supreme Court ===
Heitkamp voted to confirm [[Neil Gorsuch]] to the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]], telling CNBC that she had made this decision "based on an interview and a review of his record." She said: "Would he be the judge I'd pick? No, never...But he is the judge that the duly elected president picked."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/11/democratic-sen-heitkamp-on-why-she-voted-for-gorsuch-supreme-court-pick.html|title=Democratic Sen. Heitkamp explains why she broke ranks and voted for Trump's Supreme Court pick|last1=Lovelace|first1=Berkeley Jr.|website=[[CNBC]]|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

In October 2018, Heitkamp voted against confirming Supreme Court nominee [[Brett Kavanaugh]], amid allegations that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted women.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Al|last=Weaver|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/heidi-heitkamp-sets-up-meeting-with-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh|title=Heidi Heitkamp sets up meeting with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh|date=August 1, 2018|work=[[The Washington Examiner]]|access-date=August 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Berman|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/06/politics/how-senators-voted-on-brett-kavanaugh/index.html|title=How senators voted on Brett Kavanaugh|website=[[CNN]]|date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> Her vote against Kavanaugh was considered politically risky, given North Dakota's Republican leanings. During the three weeks after her October 6 vote, [[Real Clear Politics]] reported her polling deficit in her [[2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota|2018 reelection campaign]] against Republican challenger [[Kevin Cramer]] had widened from 8.7% to 14%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2018/senate/nd/north_dakota_senate_cramer_vs_heitkamp-6485.html|title=North Dakota Senate – Cramer vs. Heitkamp|publisher=[[Real Clear Politics]]|date=November 5, 2018|language=en|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In an interview, Heitkamp said that the "better part of my career in public life has been working with victims" and that her mother had been sexually assaulted as a teenager.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Martin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/us/politics/heidi-heitkamp-kevin-cramer-metoo.html|title=#MeToo Is a 'Movement Toward Victimization,' G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=October 8, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Gun laws===
Heitkamp had an A rating from the [[National Rifle Association]] (NRA) for her consistent support of pro-gun legislation.<ref name="Beauchamp1005g">{{cite web|last1=Beauchamp|first1=Zack|title=Meet The NRA-Backed Senate Democrats Who Oppose Obama's Gun Violence Prevention Plan|url=https://thinkprogress.org/meet-the-nra-backed-senate-democrats-who-oppose-obamas-gun-violence-prevention-plan-7f15504b6b5c/|website=ThinkProgress|date=17 January 2013 |access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref> In 2012, the NRA gave her an 86% score for supporting their positions; [[Gun Owners of America]], another gun rights organization, gave her a 30% rating.<ref name=":0" /> [[Bloomberg News]] has commented that "on guns, it will be hard to find room to the right of her."<ref name="Bloomberg tiptoe">{{cite news|last1=Carlson|first1=Margaret|title=A Democrat Tiptoes Through Trumpworld|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-27/heidi-heitkamp-north-dakota-democrat-tiptoes-through-trumpworld|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=27 December 2016 |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref>

In an April 11, 2013, interview, Heitkamp said that she intended to vote against the [[Joe Manchin|Manchin]]-[[Pat Toomey|Toomey]] amendment, which was introduced in the Senate after the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]. It would have amended the [[Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act]] to expand background checks to gun shows and internet purchases.<ref name =NYTIMES>{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Jonathan|title=For Swing-State Democrats, Political Liability on Gun Control Issue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/12/us/politics/perils-for-swing-state-democrats-on-gun-control.html|access-date=April 12, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Heitkamp said, "I'm going to represent my state. ... in the end it's not what any other senator believes. It's about what the people of North Dakota believe."<ref name=NYTIMES/>

Polling suggested that the majority of North Dakotans approve of prohibiting individuals on the No-Fly list from buying firearms and ammunition,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isidewith.com/poll/1553550570/9333334|title=No-Fly List Gun Control Poll Results for North Dakota Voters|website=iSideWith|access-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=18 May 2007 |title=Guns |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx |access-date=2016-06-21 |website=Gallup.com}}</ref> but in June 2016, after the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Heitkamp voted against such a prohibition. She was the only Democratic senator to do so.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Atkinson|first1=Khorri|title=GOP blocks bill to stop terrorists from buying guns|url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-blocks-bill-stop-terrorists-buying-guns|website=[[MSNBC]]|date=December 4, 2015|access-date=June 12, 2016|ref=MSNBC}}</ref> She instead expressed support for a "compromise gun bill" proposed by [[Susan Collins]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Seung Min|last2=Everett|first2=Burgess|last3=Caygle|first3=Heather|title=Senate talks heat up on compromise gun bill|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/senate-republicans-gun-control-terrorists-224600|access-date=June 21, 2016|work=[[Politico]]|date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>

Her vote against expanded [[background checks]] for gun buyers angered many, including former [[White House chief of staff]] [[William M. Daley]], who "was so enraged he wrote a blistering attack in the [[Washington Post]] asking for his $2,500 campaign donation back."<ref name="DB" />

Heitkamp declined to participate in the [[Chris Murphy gun control filibuster|Democratic filibuster on gun control in June 2016]], leading to harsh criticism by gun control groups such as the [[Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence]] and [[Everytown for Gun Safety]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noble|first1=Jason|title=U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp cancels speech in Iowa|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/16/us-sen-heidi-heitkamp-cancels-speech-iowa/86020612/|newspaper=[[Des Moines Register]]|date=June 16, 2016|access-date=February 16, 2018}}</ref>

===Energy and environment===
According to [[Reuters]], Heitkamp "has been a supporter of domestic energy development, both in fossil fuels and renewable resources."<ref name="Cabinet Reuters" /> She has said that she supports the [[Keystone XL pipeline]] because it will create jobs, decrease America's dependence on foreign oil from the Middle East, and help drive down the national debt.<ref>{{cite news|title=Heitkamp warns Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline approval|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/27/north-dakota-senator-heidi-heitkamp-on-keystone-pipeline-vows-obama-veto-override/2878573/|publisher=USA Today|access-date=October 17, 2013|date=September 27, 2013|first1=Susan|last1=Page}}</ref> She has also said that many who oppose [[hydraulic fracturing]] have been exposed to "[[junk science]]" and do not know what it really is.<ref name="huff_2">{{cite news|last=Michael|first=McAuliff|title=Heidi Heitkamp Fracking Views Clash With Major Donors' Interest|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/heidi-heitkamp-fracking_n_1881489.html|access-date=November 9, 2012|newspaper=huffingtonpost.com|date=September 13, 2012}}</ref> She was [[Climate Hawks Vote]]'s lowest-rated Democratic senator on climate leadership in the [[113th United States Congress|113th Congress]] and remains among the lowest in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sheppard|first=Kate|date=2015-04-29|title=Prospective Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Scores High In New 'Climate Hawk' Ranking|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/29/bernie-sanders-climate-change-senate_n_7175314.html|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|location=New York, NY|access-date=2015-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climatehawksvote.com/tags/climate_hawks_vote|title=Pages Tagged 'Climate Hawks Vote'|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2015-04-30|website=[[Climate Hawks Vote]]|access-date=2015-05-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928093118/http://www.climatehawksvote.com/tags/climate_hawks_vote|archive-date=2014-09-28}}</ref>

In December 2016, Heitkamp told [[CNBC]] that although the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]] had refused to approve permits needed to complete the [[Dakota Access pipeline]], that would change under Trump. She said that she understood those who opposed the construction of the pipeline through Native American land, but added: "I just think that this fight is not winnable."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gurdus|first1=Elizabeth|title=The Dakota pipeline fight is 'not winnable,' ND Democratic Sen Heidi Heitkamp says|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/05/the-dakota-pipeline-fight-is-not-winnable-nd-democratic-sen-heidi-heitkamp-says.html|website=[[CNBC]]|date=5 December 2016|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

In February 2017, Heitkamp was one of two Democratic senators to vote to confirm [[Scott Pruitt]] as [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/17/us/politics/live-congress-votes-scott-pruitt-epa.html|title=How Senators Voted on Scott Pruitt for E.P.A. Administrator|date=February 17, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 17, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In March 2017, she issued a statement supporting Trump's approval of Keystone XL, calling it "common sense".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=43A1A5B5-C1FA-4D7B-9BE2-9D4EA87F1340|title=Heitkamp: Presidential Approval of Keystone XL is Commonsense Step Forward for U.S. Energy Infrastructure Expansion – Press Releases – United States Senator Heidi Heitkamp|first=Senator Heidi|last=Heitkamp|website=heitkamp.senate.gov|access-date=2018-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108235043/https://www.heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=43A1A5B5-C1FA-4D7B-9BE2-9D4EA87F1340|archive-date=2018-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also voted against the [[Stream Protection Rule]].<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 38 )|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00043#name|website=United States Senate: U.S. Roll Call Votes|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Heitkamp is married to Darwin Lange, a family practitioner. They reside in [[Mandan, North Dakota|Mandan]] and have two adult children, Ali and Nathan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mary 'Heidi' Kathryn Heitkamp|work=The Washington Times|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/campaign-2012/candidates/mary-heidi-kathryn-heitkamp-36149|access-date=August 4, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122205912/http://www.washingtontimes.com/campaign-2012/candidates/mary-heidi-kathryn-heitkamp-36149/|archive-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> Heitkamp survived a bout with [[breast cancer]] in 2000.<ref name="politicolastdemocrat"/> She is a member of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/112526-how-many-us-politicians-are-catholic-the-pope-wont-feel-alone-when-he-addresses-congress-for|title=Which Of Our Government Leaders Are Catholic?|last=King|first=Elizabeth|work=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=October 13, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Heitkamp has said, "I think certain people in my party know me pretty well and I'm too old to change. I would have a hard time figuring out how I would not say what I really thought at this point in my life. I always say, don't ever get between a post-[[menopause|menopausal]] woman and [what she thinks is] a good idea."<ref name="DB" />

==Electoral history==
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 |candidate  = Heidi Heitkamp
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 |percentage = 44.97%
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| party      = North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
| candidate  = Heidi Heitkamp
| votes      = 161,337
| percentage = 50.24%
| change     = -18.58%
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| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Rick Berg]]
| votes      = 158,401
| percentage = 49.32%
| change     = +19.79%
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| votes      = 1,406
| percentage = 0.44%
| change     = N/A
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| percentage = 100.0%
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|candidate= Heidi Heitkamp (incumbent)
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|votes= 36,729
|percentage= 99.58%
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|votes= 152
|percentage= 0.42%
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{{Election box begin | title=[[United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.sos.nd.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?text=All&type=SW&map=CTY|title=OFFICIAL (WITHOUT RECOUNTS) 2018 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS|website=sos.nd.gov/}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = [[Kevin Cramer]]
| votes      = 179,720
| percentage = 55.11%
| change     = +5.79%
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
| candidate  = Heidi Heitkamp (incumbent)
| votes      = 144,376
| percentage = 44.27%
| change     = -5.97%
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{{Election box write-in with party link
| votes      = 2,042
| percentage = 0.63%
| change     = N/A
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{{Election box total
| votes      = 326,138
| percentage = 100%
| change     = N/A
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{{Election box gain with party link no swing
 | winner = Republican Party (United States)
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== See also ==
* [[List of female state attorneys general in the United States]]
* [[Women in the United States Senate]]

==References==
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