FILE - This combination of file photos shows the candidates for the U.S. Senate from North Dakota from left, incumbent Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and her Republican challenger Kevin Cramer. Heitkamp is sharpening her attacks on Cramer on the tariffs issue, with a new ad out Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, that blames her opponent for not opposing tariffs that Heitkamp says are badly damaging North Dakota farmers. (AP Photo/File)
**FILE** Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., speaks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 25, 2014. (Associated Press)
Subcommittee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., talks to Acting Director of National Training and Education, Superintendent of the Center for Domestic Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mike King, right, after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia hearing on “Transparency and Training: Preparing our First Responders for Emerging Threats and Hazards” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Subcommittee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., points to an illustration during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia hearing on “Transparency and Training: Preparing our First Responders for Emerging Threats and Hazards” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Subcommittee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., left, talks to Casselton (N.D.) Fire Department Chief Tim McLean, after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia hearing on “Transparency and Training: Preparing our First Responders for Emerging Threats and Hazards” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, joined by with Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer, discusses proposed regulations with coal industry leaders during an event Friday at Dakota Gasification Synfuels Plant in Beulah, N.D. Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. McCarthy traveled to the state at the invitation of Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, who served as a member of the board of directors at the synthetic natural gas plant in Beulah until she was elected senator in 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, foreground, joined by, from left, Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer, addresses the media following a discussion with coal industry leaders during an event Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at Dakota Gasification Synfuels Plant in Beulah, N.D. The group is standing in front of a 1/32 scale model of the plant. McCarthy traveled to the state at the invitation of Sen. Heitkamp, who served as a member of the board of directors at the synthetic natural gas plant in Beulah until she was elected senator in 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, second right, joined by, from left, Sen. John Hoeven, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Rep. Kevin Cramer, discusses proposed regulations with coal industry leaders during an event Friday at Dakota Gasification Synfuels Plant in Beulah, N.D. Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. McCarthy traveled to the state at the invitation of Heitkamp, who served as a member of the board of directors at the synthetic natural gas plant in Beulah until she was elected senator in 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file photo, Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., center, joined by fellow committee members, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington after congressional approval of a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers. Looking on are Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., left, and committee chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. Heitkamp spent this past weekend in Cuba, where she talked with officials about farm exports from North Dakota and the state's trade relationship with the island nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., center, joined by fellow committee members, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, after congressional approval of a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers. From left are, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Heitkamp, the committee's ranking member, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss. and committee chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. The explosive derailment of a tanker car near Casselton, N.D., on Dec. 30, 2013, has North Dakota’s senators pushing harder than ever for expanded oil pipelines. Both Heitkamp and Republican Sen. John Hoeven say they’ve stressed to federal officials in recent days that the North Dakota accident and other recent derailments show, at least in part, the need for more pipelines. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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