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.