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Donna Nalewaja

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Donna Nalewaja
Personal details
Born
Donna Lou Speer Nalewaja

(1939-10-08)October 8, 1939
Winterset, Iowa, U.S.
DiedSeptember 30, 2021(2021-09-30) (aged 81)
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
(BA)

Donna Lou Speer Nalewaja (October 8, 1939 – September 30, 2021) was an American politician and real estate broker.

Biography

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She ran under Leon L. Mallberg for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1988 as a Republican, and for the North Dakota United States Senate in 1998 against incumbent Byron Dorgan. Nalewaja also served in the North Dakota House of Representatives for Fargo's district 45 from 1982 to 1986, and in the North Dakota Senate from 1986 till 1998.[1]

Nalewaja was married to John, and had four children.[2] She died from COVID-19 in Fargo on September 30, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota.[3][4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Donna L. Nalewaja".
  2. ^ North Dakota Blue Book, 1989
  3. ^ Former longtime state legislator dies of COVID-19
  4. ^ "Former North Dakota lawmaker dies of COVID-19". 4 October 2021.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from North Dakota
(Class 3)

1998
Succeeded by
Mike Liffrig