Gov. Doug Burgum released a statement regarding the passing of state Rep. George Keiser of Bismarck. A U.S. Army veteran and owner of Quality Printing Service, Keiser had represented District 47 in Bismarck since 1993 and served as a Bismarck city commissioner from 1988 to 1992.
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, Rep. George Keiser chaired the chamber's influential Industry, Business and Labor Committee every legislative session from 2003 until 2019, when he disclosed he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a muscle-weakening nervous system disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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First elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, Rep. George Keiser chaired the chamber's influential Industry, Business and Labor Committee every legislative session from 2003 until 2019, when he disclosed he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a muscle-weakening nervous system disease commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) George Keiser, a longtime Republican North Dakota lawmaker who announced just last week that he would not seek another term in the Legislature, has died. He was 75. House Republican Caucus Chair Glenn Bosch said Keiser died Wednesday, the Bismarck Tribune reported .