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Hamm wins 2nd term as ND insurance commissioner
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Republican Adam Hamm has been elected to a

second term as North Dakota's top insurance regulator.

The 41-year-old defeated Democrat Tom Potter on Tuesday. Potter

is a retired University of North Dakota finance professor from

Grand Forks.

Hamm is a former Fargo attorney and Cass County prosecutor. He

was appointed insurance commissioner in 2007 after Republican Jim

Poolman resigned. He won his first full term four years ago when he

defeated former Fargo Democratic state Rep. Jasper Schneider.

As insurance commissioner, Hamm is in charge of monitoring the

implementation of the new federal health care law in North Dakota.

Hamm has been critical of the law and says it's likely to drive up

the cost of health insurance.