 Also, Federal Communications Commission regulations decree that equal and free air time would have had to be given to whomever Schultz's opponents would have been in the election in order to allow them to respond to anything that Schultz would have said about them on his programs.Hoeven was challenged in the race by North Dakota State Senator Tracy Potter of Bismarck.Potter received the endorsement of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party at its state convention on March 27, 2010.