John Stewart Dalrymple III (born October 16, 1948) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016.

[citation needed] The cooperative grew to become North America's third-largest manufacturer and marketer of dry pasta products.

Dalrymple led the transition of the structure of the organization, from a cooperative to a C corporation, in order to both raise capital and to perform acquisitions.

[8] In Fargo in 1975, Dalrymple helped to found ShareHouse Inc., a residential treatment program for those recovering from alcohol or drug dependencies.

In the 1999-2000 interim, he also chaired the Budget Section, the legislative panel charged with reviewing spending issues between sessions.

[16] Kent Conrad, who held North Dakota's other Senate seat at the time but had planned to retire from it (he decided to run to fill the Burdick vacancy), defeated Dalrymple 63–34%.

[17] Dalrymple was elected as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 2000 on the Republican ticket with John Hoeven.

[citation needed] On December 7, 2010, Hoeven officially tendered his resignation as governor to the North Dakota secretary of state, Alvin Jaeger.

In 2012, Dalrymple handily defeated Democratic challenger Ryan Taylor in the general election to serve a full term as governor.

Governor Dalrymple called in the North Dakota National Guard's 191st Military Police to deal with protesters.