North Dakota Democrats field more challengers for legislative seats

By: Michael Achterling

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 909

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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North Dakota’s Democratic-NPL Party is seeing an uptick in legislative candidates, and leaders report higher interest from members wanting to attend the party’s state convention.

But other than three candidates for North Dakota’s sole U.S. House seat, Democrats have yet to announce campaigns for statewide office.

Twelve Democratic candidates received endorsements from districts in the Bismarck-Mandan area earlier this month, the most since 2016 when 11 regional Democratic candidates were endorsed.

“We’re quite …

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