Mark Raymond Kennedy, is an American businessman, Republican Party politician, and president of the University of North Dakota. Kennedy previously led the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. Before that, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. Kennedy did not seek re-election in 2006, instead running for the U.S. Senate. He lost the general election to Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Amy Klobuchar...
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