Joan Heckaman


Joan Heckaman is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota Senate, representing the 23rd district since 2007. She is also the Senate Minority Leader, a position she has held since December 2016.
She was the Democratic-NPL nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 2016, running with Marvin Nelson. They lost in the general election to Doug Burgum and Brent Sanford.