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District 5 GOP candidates set priorities

Infrastructure investments, K-12 education and increased budget scrutiny are among priorities for District 5’s Republican legislative candidates. Rep. Jay Fisher is running for the Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Randy Burckhard, while Rep. Scott Louser is seeking reelection to the House of Representatives. Looking to fill Fisher’s House seat is Roger Brabandt, who served in the House during the 2011-2017 sessions. The Republican House candidates are facing Democrats Zach Raknerud and Kyle Erickson in the Nov. 3 election. Brabandt said his position as a fiscal conservative has ...

State’s attorney candidate poised to serve

Minot attorney Andrew Schultz wants to apply his legal experiences of the past 26 years to the Ward County State’s Attorney’s Office. He is running unopposed for the four-year term as state’s attorney in the Nov. 3 general election. Schultz graduated from Berea College in Kentucky ...

Ballot measure guide sent to voters

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Office of the Secretary of State announced it has sent voters a mailing with information about statewide measures that will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The ballot measure guide was mailed Friday, Sept. 18, to the households of 450,000 active North Dakota voters. An active voter is a person who has voted in a North Dakota election in the last four years. The ballot measure guide will also be posted at all voting locations and on the North Dakota Secretary of State website. Two statewide constitutional measures are on the General Election ...

State’s Attorney candidate withdraws

Ward County State’s Attorney candidate Christopher Nelson has announced that he has withdrawn from the contest. His departure leaves Andrew Schultz as the only candidate seeking the position. Although Nelson did not give a reason for withdrawing, he stated it was a difficult ...

Canvass produces updated tally, write-in recount

A five-way tie in a write-in race is forcing a recount in Ward County. The Ward County Canvassing Board met Monday, June 22, to approve the results of the June 9 primary and local elections, which confirmed the need for a recount to help decide the winner of a seat on the Surrey Park ...

ND voters approve ‘single subject’ rule

Ballot measures proposing to change North Dakota’s constitution will be limited to a single subject in the future. North Dakota voters approved a constitutional measure proposed by the Legislature to confine constitutional measures, whether offered up by the Legislative or initiated by citizens, to one subject. The measure was supported by 66.4% of voters. The unofficial tally was 77,072-38,955. Opponents had argued the measure created ambiguity by not having a definition for “single subject.” According to the new wording, the Secretary of State will have authority to determine ...