Let the voters overrule the 141

By: Brian Lang

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 844

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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My concern is with policy, not people. I hold no ill will toward any of the 141 legislators who serve or have served North Dakota.

In 2022, 150,363 North Dakotans — 63% of those voting on the measure — approved term limits on the governor and the Legislature. The message was clear: long-entrenched incumbents should step aside after a set number of terms.

That decision left the 141 a simple, honorable path.

They could obey …

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