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AP Race Call: Republican Michelle Fischbach wins reelection to U.S. House in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District

November 5, 2024

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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…

AP Race Call: Republican Julie Fedorchak wins election to U.S. House in North Dakota’s 1st Congressional District

November 5, 2024

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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:…

Donald Trump Declared Winner in North Dakota

November 5, 2024

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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…

Republican Kevin Cramer wins 2nd term in US Senate representing North Dakota

November 5, 2024

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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…

North Dakota’s lone congressman, Republican Kelly Armstrong, to be state’s next governor

November 5, 2024

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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…

Election Results in the 2024 Races

November 5, 2024

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s Election Night 2024. Find North Dakota election results here. Find Minnesota election results here. Watch KVRR Local News for local updates each hour, our hour-long newscast at 9 and national coverage from FOX News all night. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections Tags: Election Results

Person shocked by live power line in rural Cass County

November 5, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A person is shocked near Argusville, North Dakota. The sheriff’s officer says the person came in contact with a buried power line. It happened before 2 p.m. Multiple agencies responded. The company doing work at the site believed the line was inactive during the excavation. The person was taken by helicopter to an area hospital…

City of Fargo Polls Start Election Day With Swift Lines

November 5, 2024

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Polls in Fargo have been slowly ramping up with voters coming in throughout the day. A few dozen voters were waiting in line to vote around 2 this afternoon. They are being sent in groups to the clerks to keep the line moving. This process has many not as worried to get their vote in. As…

Victim identified in fatal crash near Sanborn, North Dakota

November 5, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

BARNES COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities identify the people involved in a fatal crash involving a semi near Sanborn, North Dakota. The crash happened after 8:00 Monday morning. Sara Leick, 46, of Valley City, was killed in the crash. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a 15-year-old girl from Valley City at the intersection with State Highway…

Before the real voting, there’s the trial run

November 5, 2024

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Burleigh County Auditor-Treasurer Mark Splonskowski, left, conducts a public test of county voting equipment with Rep. Karen Karls, R-Bismarck, chair of NDGOP District 35, observing on Oct. 28, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (Jeff Beach and Michael Achterling – North Dakota Monitor) Bob Henderson, the director of information technology in Cass County, called it one of the most important but most…