North Dakota Senate Minority Chief Kathy Hogan fell and hit her head Tuesday morning, the primary day of the legislative session.
She instructed the Tribune she tripped on a rug and hit her head whereas going out the Capitol’s west entry. She spoke to the newspaper from an emergency room in Bismarck, the place she discovered she has a cracked kneecap and a gentle concussion.
Hogan, D-Fargo, stated she was “doing high-quality” however has a headache and expects to have “a really ugly face the following couple days.”
Hogan, 74, will probably be on crutches and can take part in her committees remotely from her Bismarck resort.
“It is an uncommon strategy to begin a session,” she stated.
She praised Rep. Todd Porter, R-Mandan, and Sen. Brad Bekkedahl, R-Williston, each skilled in emergency medical companies, for his or her “glorious response” to her fall.
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Hogan is the brand new Senate minority chief. Her caucus contains 4 Democrats within the 47-member Senate.
The 2023 Legislature convened Tuesday, listening to from Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Tribal Chairman Jamie Azure, state Supreme Court docket Chief Justice Jon Jensen and Gov. Doug Burgum.
Home Republican chief Rep. Kevin McCarthy says he is in a “battle for the convention and the nation” as he fights for the votes to be elected Speaker of the Home. Home Republicans courted chaos Tuesday on the opening day of the brand new Congress, with McCarthy sparring behind closed doorways with a bunch of right-flank conservatives who’re refusing to provide him their votes to grow to be Home speaker. Even earlier than Congress convened, the scene enjoying out on Capitol Hill was one among upheaval and uncertainty. The standoff means McCarthy, after having led his celebration to a slim Republican majority, was greedy for his political survival, attempting to keep away from being the primary nominee for speaker in 100 years to fail to win an preliminary vote for the gavel.
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