MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Moorhead voters narrowly rejected a levy proposal that would have funded capital projects by generating around $43 million over 10 years. The proposal failed by about 600 votes. The funding would have addressed technology, facility, curriculum, and transportation needs across the district. In 2019, Moorhead voters overwhelmingly approved a $110 million bond referendum to build a new…
MOORHEAD (KVRR-KFGO) – Results are in for Moorhead City Council races. In Ward 1, Nicole Mattson defeated Matt Gilbertson. Emily Moore will represent Ward 2 after beating out Kassandra Sofferman and Benjamin Hammer. Ward 3 saw Lisa Borgen defeat Noelle Harden. In Ward 4, Sebastian McDougall won over Zak Amin. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, Politics / Elections Tags:…
Ryan YounggrenFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Longtime Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney Ryan Younggren won his bid to be an East-Central North Dakota district judge. Younggren defeated Fargo attorney and District Court Referee Daniel Gast by a 64% to 35% margin. He will take the place of Judge John Irby, who is retiring after serving 22 years. Younggren has been with the…
FARGO, N.D. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor)More than half the votes by North Dakota voters were cast before Election Day, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. A news release from the office said 62.5% of eligible North Dakotans voted in the 2024 election in unofficial results. Of the 371,510 ballots cast, 182,012 — 49% — came on Election…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — In unofficial vote counting, North Dakota Measure 4 which would have done away with property taxes, has failed. The vote was 63% against to 36% for the measure with 242 out of 385 precincts reporting. Both supporters and opponents have been outspoken about the measure leading up to the election. If it would have passed, the…
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R) MN’s 7th Congressional DistrictWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Minnesota on Tuesday. Fischbach is a former state senator who rose to become Senate president. She also served as Minnesota’s lieutenant governor in 2018. She defeated a 30-year incumbent when she first won election to Congress in…
Republican Julie Fedorchak won election to North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat on Tuesday. The longtime public utilities regulator beat Democrat Trygve Hammer. The two ran to succeed Republican Kelly Armstrong, the third-term congressman who ran for governor this year. Fedorchak won a five-person Republican primary in June. The Associated Press declared Fedorchak the winner at 9:56 p.m. EST. Categories:…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared winners Tuesday in some states where polls had just closed, and in some cases before any votes had been released. How is that possible? While hotly contested races that take hours or days to count may attract the most attention, the AP for decades has called landslide or uncontested races at poll closing time. That’s what happened…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota won a second term on Tuesday. The veteran Republican politician beat Democrat Katrina Christiansen, an assistant professor of engineering at the University of Jamestown who had tried to win a Senate seat once before. Cramer, a former congressman, first won the seat in 2018, defeating Democrat Heidi Heitkamp ’s reelection bid in a widely watched…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won election as North Dakota’s next governor. The state’s lone congressman beat Democratic state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn and independent candidate Michael Coachman on Tuesday for the state’s top job. Armstrong, 48, is in his third term in the House. He was a state senator and party chairman before he won the seat in 2018. Armstrong is…
