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., 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 ...

On today's edition of CBSNews.com's "Washington Unplugged," North Dakota Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad told CBS News' Bob Schieffer that Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader who Tuesday ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unshackled by the need to get reelected, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) suggested Thursday that Democrats reopen the bitter healthcare debate, arguing that the reform law’s provisions could yield ...