Gary Sukut

Gary Sukut

Republican Party

Prior offices

North Dakota House of Representatives District 1

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Education

High school

Williston High School

Bachelor's

University of North Dakota

Graduate

University of North Dakota

Gary R. Sukut is a former Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 1 from 2006 to 2018. Sukut did not seek re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 2018.

Biography

Sukut earned his B.A. and M.A. from the University of North Dakota. His professional experience includes being the owner and operator of an office equipment business before retirement.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Industry, Business and Labor, Vice chair
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sukut served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2015
• Industry, Business and Labor, Vice Chairman
• Transportation

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Sukut served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2013
• Industry, Business and Labor
• Transportation

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Sukut served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2011
• Industry, Business and Labor
• Transportation

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Sukut served on the following committee:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2009
• Industry, Business and Labor
• Transportation

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2018

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

Gary Sukut did not file to run for re-election.

2014

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014. Incumbent Patrick Hatlestad and incumbent Gary Sukut defeated T.J. Corcoran in the Republican primary, while Joseph E Adducci was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Hatlestad and Sukut defeated Adducci in the general election.

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gary Sukut Incumbent	40.2%	2,622
	Republican	Patrick Hatlestad Incumbent	37.8%	2,465
	Democratic	Joseph E Adducci	22.1%	1,440
Total Votes				6,527

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gary Sukut Incumbent	36.1%	1,721
Patrick Hatlestad Incumbent	33.3%	1,587
T.J. Corcoran	30.6%	1,458
Total Votes		4,766

2010

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Sukut won re-election to one of two seats in District 1 of the North Dakota House of Representatives. Fellow Republican incumbent Patrick Hatlestad also won re-election. The election took place on November 2, 2010.

North Dakota State House, District 1 (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Patrick Hatlestad (R)		3015
Gary Sukut (R)		2939

2006

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2006

On November 7, 2006, Sukut won election by finishing 1st out of 3 candidates for District 1 of the North Dakota House of Representatives.

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1
Candidates		Votes
Gary Sukut (R)		2,448
Patrick Hatlestad (R)		2,396
Dan Gerhardt (D-NPL)		1,599

Campaign finance summary

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Gary Sukut campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2014	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1	Won	$6,600	N/A**
2010	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1	Won	$600	N/A**
2006	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1	Won	$2,250	N/A**
Grand total			$9,450	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session.

2017

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In 2017, the 65th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 27. Greater North Dakota Chamber (via Votesmart) Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Family Policy Alliance of North Dakota Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues. North Dakota United Legislators are scored on their votes related to business issues. North Dakota Women’s Network: Senate and House Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to women's issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2016

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In 2016, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session.

2015

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In 2015, the 64th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 6 through April 29. Greater North Dakota Chamber: 2015 Scorecard Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to education. North Dakota Family Alliance: 2015 Scorecard Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues. North Dakota Women’s Network: Senate and House 2015 Scorecards Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to women's issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2014

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In 2014, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session.

2013

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In 2013, the 63rd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 8 to May 4. Greater North Dakota Chamber: 2013 Scorecard Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. North Dakota Family Alliance: 2013 Scorecard Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues. North Dakota Women’s Network: Senate and House 2013 Scorecards Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to women's issues.

2012

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In 2012, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session.

2011

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In 2011, the 62nd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in regular session from January 4 through April 28. A special session was called by Governor Jack Dalrymple from November 7 through 12 to cover legislative redistricting and disaster relief. National Federation of Independent Business in North Dakota: 2011-2012 Voting Record Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues. North Dakota Family Alliance: 2011 Scorecard Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues. North Dakota Policy Council: 2011 Legislative Review Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization. North Dakota Women’s Network: 2011 Legislative Summary Legislators are scored on their votes on bills relating to women's issues.

NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review

See also: North Dakota Policy Council Legislative Review (2011)

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council. Sukut received a score of 50.60% on policy legislation and voted against 1.89% of state spending. Sukut was ranked 44th on policy and 93rd on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.

Personal

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Sukut and his wife, Leora, have three children. They currently reside in Williston, North Dakota.

Recent news

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See also

• North Dakota House of Representatives
• House Committees
• North Dakota Legislative Assembly
• North Dakota state legislative districts

External links

Suggest a link

• Profile from the North Dakota House of Representatives
• Profile from Open States
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by '	North Dakota House of Representatives District 1 2006-2018	Succeeded by David Richter

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Weisz

Majority Leader:Mike Lefor

Minority Leader:Zac Ista

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Lori VanWinkle (R)

District 4A

Lisa Finley-DeVille (D)

District 4B

Clayton Fegley (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Dan Vollmer (R)

District 7

Jason Dockter (R)

Matthew Heilman (R)

District 8

Mike Berg (R)

SuAnn Olson (R)

District 9

Collette Brown (D)

Jayme Davis (D)

District 10

Jared Hendrix (R)

Steve Swiontek (R)

District 11

Liz Conmy (D)

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Jim Jonas (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Kathy Frelich (R)

Donna Henderson (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Landon Bahl (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Nels Christianson (R)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Karen Anderson (R)

David Monson (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

Jared Hagert (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Brandy Pyle (R)

Jonathan Warrey (R)

District 23

Dennis Nehring (R)

Nico Rios (R)

District 24

Daniel Johnston (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Kathy Skroch (R)

District 26

Roger Maki (R)

Kelby Timmons (R)

District 27

Timothy Brown (R)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jim Grueneich (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Dawson Holle (R)

Karen Rohr (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Anna Novak (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Ty Dressler (R)

Dori Hauck (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Dan Ruby (R)

Christina Wolff (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 40

Macy Bolinske (R)

Matthew Ruby (R)

District 41

Karen Grindberg (R)

Jorin Johnson (R)

District 42

Doug Osowski (R)

District 43

Zac Ista (D)

Eric Murphy (R)

District 44

Austin Foss (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Carrie McLeod (R)

Scott Wagner (R)

District 46

James Kasper (R)

Desiree Morton (R)

District 47

Lawrence Klemin (R)

Mike Motschenbacher (R)

Republican Party (82)

Democratic Party (11)