Voters approve North Dakota governor’s first appointees, reelect all Republican incumbents

By: Jack Dura

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 569

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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North Dakota voters on Tuesday approved Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s first appointments to statewide offices, giving green lights to Public Service Commissioner Jill Kringstad and State Superintendent Levi Bachmeier to keep serving two more years.

Voters also reelected all other Republican state officeholders. No Democrat has won a statewide election in North Dakota since Heidi Heitkamp’s 2012 U.S. Senate victory.

Armstrong appointed Kringstad to the regulatory panel in January 2025 to fill the …

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