“How has Heitkamp been spending her campaign money over the last year? Booze, fine dining, and luxury travel make up a big chunk of it…”

“That’s how Heitkamp has been spending the money. Now let’s talk about how she could spend it. It is a potential game-changer for North Dakota Democrats this cycle if Heitkamp decides to play kingmaker. She could use some of those millions to promote statewide and local candidates.”

Will Gardner (R), the Republican-endorsed candidate for North Dakota secretary of state, dropped out of the race after the Fargo Forum reported on his 2006 “window-peeping incident” on the North Dakota State University campus.

“Gardner pleaded guilty in February 2006 to disorderly conduct… in which an NDSU security guard said he saw Gardner look through windows at women in a freshman dormitory. According to court documents, officers said Gardner’s pants were unzipped and his shirt front was pulled out… He also said he had watched only one woman undress, though court documents suggested officers witnessed him moving to multiple windows to look into occupied rooms.”