John Warford is the current mayor

Mayor

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 of Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...

. He was elected to office in 2002, was re-elected in 2006 and again in 2010. Although the mayor's office is officially non-partisan, Warford identifies himself as Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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Biography

Dr. Warford is also an orthodontist,and was previously the president of the North Dakota Dental Association. He served on the Bismarck Municipal Airport Planning Committee and the University of Mary Executive Operations Committee of the Emerging Leaders in Health Care.

Dr. Warford has resided in Bismarck since 1973 and is married with four children.