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Podcast: Plain Talk
Episode: 283: Rep. Pollert says goodbye to legislative leadership, Rep. Howe says hello (maybe) to a Sec. of State run
Description: After more than two decades in the North Dakota legislature, having served in some consequential ways, as an influential appropriator and eventually leader the majority Republican caucus, Rep. Chet Pollert is calling it a career. On this episode of Plain Talk, he talked about that decision, as well as what changed during his tenure in office, and what challenges North Dakota might face in the future. "There was a decorum," Pollert said of politics when he first got started in the legislature. "There was a process...and we seem to have gotten away from that...