dwight grotberg

I was raised on a farm near Wimbledon, North Dakota. Planting and harvesting crops on my dad’s farm, I developed a love for the land, for growing crops, and productivity. After graduating from high school, I traveled to Parana, Brazil and worked a livestock and grain farm run by a mission organization dedicated to training indigenous people to be self-sufficient and industrious.

Upon returning home, I enrolled in Bethany College of Missions where I received a degree in Cross-Cultural Studies. I then traveled to New Zealand and worked on farms in the Bay of Islands further gaining a global perspective of farming and its methodologies.

In 1989, I married my wife Alison. We moved back to North Dakota where I attended NDSU studying agricultural economics until 1992. It was at NDSU that I first developed an interest in politics.

In the spring of 1992, I moved back to the Wimbledon area and began building a farm of my own. In 1996, I received a spinal cord injury when my tractor was struck from behind by a semi-truck. Cutting-edge medical care (in both Valley City and Fargo) and answered prayer have restored the use of my legs.

My accident has given me the perspective that life is short and that it is also a very precious gift from beginning to end. Alison and I have been extremely blessed to bring eight treasured children into the world; each one of them is an asset. We are also deeply thankful to have been able to continue farming. Our grain farm, northwest of Sanborn, is now in its seventeenth growing season.

In 2006, I ran for the United State Senate. I came in second, but gained relationships with many legislators and other leaders from across this great state which has helped prepare me to go to Bismarck and work for legislation that will be good for our district and our state.

Running for the North Dakota Senate is an opportunity to gratefully serve North Dakota and our district for the many things that each has given to me and my family.

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