The Forum
Published Monday, October 30, 2006
Wayne Stenehjem should be re-elected North Dakota’s attorney general. He’s compiled an impressive record of service. He’s been a national leader in the fight against methamphetamine. He’s a champion of protecting, enforcing and enhancing state’s open meetings and open records laws.
The attorney general is running against Mayville attorney Bill Brudvik. The challenger is an experienced, respected attorney. His motivation to run for the job was not political. He genuinely wants to serve the state as an effective, experienced public official. He wins praise for that approach.
But as qualified as Brudvik is to be attorney general, North Dakotans do not need change in that office. Stenehjem’s tenure has been distinguished by focused attention to the office’s many mandates. He has an excellent legal and support staff, and he’s the first to credit them with the office’s consistent success. That’s a mark of good leadership.
His other accomplishments include reviving a cold case unit, a crime lab upgrade, new techniques to detect and arrest Internet criminals. He’s also been a leading voice for criminal rehabilitation and treatment rather than jail time alone.
Stenehjem has earned a third term.
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