Gaylord Kent Conrad was born on March 12, 1948, in Bismarck, N.D., to Gaylord and Abigail Conrad. When Conrad was five years old, he survived a car accident that killed both of his parents.

WASHINGTON - Former North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad is mourning the death of Dakota, his beloved dog and best friend. Reached from his Washington home on Sunday night, Conrad said the bichon frise ...

Kent Conrad, a Democrat, represented North Dakota in the Senate from 1987 to 2013. The Post's Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge ["A fiscal quid pro quo"] made important points but was way ...

FARGO - Kent Conrad sent tremors through North Dakota's political landscape when he announced on Jan. 18, 2011, he would not seek a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

Kent Conrad - North Dakota's senior senator who's been influential in the health care reform debate - refused to answer directly Tuesday whether he is willing to break party lines on the issue of ...

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) announced Tuesday morning he will not run again, saying he’s forgoing a reelection bid because he didn’t want to be “distracted” by a campaign. “There are ...

FARGO - North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad is in Haiti today with other Democratic members of Congress to assess recovery efforts in the Caribbean nation that was struck by a devastating earthquake ...

Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., isn't taking any chances when it comes to addressing his top priority for his remaining time in office. The Senate Budget Committee chairman is now in his fifth month of ...

Members of the 112th Congress Depart, Taking Their Quirks Along. From Senator Richard G. Lugar’s foreign policy expertise to Senator Kent Conrad’s bichon frisé, the expiring Congress has left ...

North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad called national health care reform a non-negotiable necessity and pitched his idea for health care cooperatives at a Thursday roundtable with Fargo health care leaders.

WASHINGTON - When Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., introduced a bill in 2005 that would penalize people who lied about military service or falsely claimed to have been awarded a military medal, he said ...