North Dakota's longest serving legislator.

• Position: PEOPLE & POLITICS - Senator David Nething - Brief article

NORTH DAKOTA'S LONGEST SERVING LEGISLATOR will not seek re-election this year, but the state's oldest lawmaker will. Senator David Nething, who first won his seat in 1966 and is the architect of the state plan giving colleges broad authority to make their own decisions on spending, announced he is leaving the legislature at the end of his term. Nething served as majority leader and appropriations chair during his 45-year career and was also president of the National Conference of...