This last weekend, the party faithful for both the Republicans and Democrats in North Dakota gathered in Fargo — at separate locations of course — for their biennial state conventions. Events like these should be more consequential, but state law [read more…]
Readers of The Minuteman know that we backed Rep. Dan Johnston (R – District 24) for Treasurer in June’s Republican primary. Unfortunately, Johnston had two obstacles that ultimately cost him that election— Governor Doug Burgum’s money and Democrats who crossed [read more…]
Yesterday, we published an article explaining why we don’t believe North Dakota State Senator Oley Larsen (R – District 3) should resign. In case you’re not familiar with the details, I encourage you to click on the link and do [read more…]
Apparently yesterday was a slow news day. Either that or some folks in the media can’t help but contribute to manufacturing outrage over a meme Rep. Rick Becker (R – District 7) posted to his official “Rick Becker for North [read more…]
The North Dakota Legislature is in the midst of a three day organizational session this week. The session opened Monday and will conclude today. The regular 2019 Legislative Session is set to convene on January 3rd. Aside from the organizational [read more…]
Last week we published an article that featured Independent Secretary of State candidate Michael Coachman. As part of that article, I briefly laid out the odd twists and turns that have made the Secretary of State’s race one of the [read more…]
North Dakota politics can be very interesting. In some respects, I think we’re seeing a shift of sorts on our political landscape when it comes to the two-party system in the state. If true, does this shift mean we’ll see [read more…]
When I heard about the passing of Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s mother earlier this week, I wondered if such a sad event in the lives of the Heitkamp family may just be another opportunity to call a political truce, for a [read more…]
Last month, the Dem-NPL held their State Convention. As a result of that event, Mac Schneider obtained his party’s endorsement for U.S. House. Earlier this month, the NDGOP held their State Convention. Former party chairman and State Senator Kelly Armstrong [read more…]
Today it was reported that former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at next month’s 2018 Democratic-NPL State Convention in Grand Forks. According to the report, the move is intended in hopes of garnering support [read more…]
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