Sitte served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007, coming second in the 2002 election for the two-member 35th district with 3,167 votes (26.62%), ahead of Democrat Audrey Cleary, who came third with 3,081 votes (25.90%).
[2][3] Sitte ran for the North Dakota State Senate in 2006, but was narrowly beaten by Democrat Tracy Potter, who defeated her by 2,928 votes (50.46%) to 2,875 (49.54%).
[4] Potter ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and Sitte was elected to succeed him, defeating Democrat Nick Archuleta by 3,451 (59.47%) votes to 2,343 (40.38%).
[5] Sitte received attention in 2013 for opposing Bill 2125, inspired by the death of Caylee Anthony, which would have required caretakers to report missing children within 48 hours.
[8] In that election, Sitte lost her re-election bid to Democrat Erin Oban by 58% to 41%.