Day292 Friday 06/17/11

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• North Dakota was the thirty-ninth state to join the union on November 2, 1889, on the same day as South Dakota and thirteen years after Colorado.

• Population, as of 2010, is 672,591.

• Senators are Kent Conrad (D) and John Hoeven (R).

• Representative is Rick Berg (R).

• North Dakota has three electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted Republican in twenty-four of the thirty presidential elections it participated in. North Dakota has been a reliable red state for nearly fifty years. McCain defeated Obama 53% to 45%.

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