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Robert Wefald

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Robert Wefald
Attorney General of North Dakota
In office
1981–1984
Preceded byAllen I. Olson
Succeeded byNicholas Spaeth

Robert O. Wefald (born July 18, 1942) was an American District Court Judge in the South Central Judicial District in North Dakota. He was elected in 1998 and 2004. He retired in 2010. He is the husband of former North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Susan Wefald.

Wefald was born in Excelsior, Minnesota. He graduated from Minot High School in Minot.

Wefald earned his B.A. from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Wefald served as the 26th North Dakota Attorney General from 1981 through 1984.

2020 Presidential Election

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Wefald was one of three people nominated by the Republican Party to vote in the Electoral College in the 2020 Presidential Election on North Dakota's behalf.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for North Dakota Attorney General
1980, 1984
Succeeded by
John Gosbee
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of North Dakota
1981–1984
Succeeded by