Balazs, of Cando, received the endorsement of North Dakota Republicans for the open U.S. House seat during the 2024 state convention in Fargo. However, the support came after Fedorchak withdrew her name from consideration.

Former U.S. House candidate Alex Balazs has announced another attempt to run for North Dakota’s seat in the House of Representatives.

Shawn Kessel is seeking an office once held by a lawmaker who unexpectedly died during the 2025 legislative session.

North Dakota Sen. Judy Lee and Reps. Jim Jonas and Austen Schauer, all Republicans, announced that they would campaign to represent District 13 in the state Legislature.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KMOT/KFYR) – Twelve people applied for the soon-to-be vacant spot on the North Dakota Supreme Court. The list includes four sitting district judges, a federal prosecutor, and five attorneys, as well as a solicitor general and a government relations executive.

Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization and the youngest at 33 years of age.

The New Year is ringing in judicial history in North Dakota. Justice Lisa Fair McEvers will take the bench as the first woman ever elected Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice McEvers is bringing 12 years of experience on the state’s highest court into the role.

Perdue, 33, will be the youngest person to ever hold that position for the state's largest ag organization and the largest Farmers Union organization in the country.