North Dakota US House candidates discuss debt, healthcare, farmers during podcast debate

By: Michael Achterling

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 1,300

Last Updated: 3 days, 11 hours ago

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North Dakota’s Republican and Democratic-NPL candidates for U.S. House debated the national debt, surging healthcare costs and farming concerns during their first – and probably only – debate of the 2026 election.

Republican incumbent Rep. Julie Fedorchak and Democrat Trygve Hammer also clashed over the Iran war during a recorded episode of Plain Talk, hosted by Forum Communications columnist Rob Port and Chad Oban, at Bismarck State College on Tuesday.

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