North Dakota state Sen. Rich Wardner, a Republican from Dickinson, N.D., waits to hear the outcome of a vote by Senate Republican colleagues on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, that resulted in Wardner being elected as the new North Dakota Senate Republican majority leader. Wardner, 69, outlasted three GOP colleagues to win the position in three ballots during Tuesday night's meeting at the state Republican headquarters in Bismarck, N.D. Wardner succeeds former Bismarck Sen. Bob Stenehjem, who died last July in a traffic accident. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)
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