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North Dakota GOP Issues Further Holmberg Statement

The former state senator has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for sex crimes involving minors.

May 3, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota GOP put out another statement on the evening of Friday, May 2, to address the conduct of former state senator Ray Holmberg and to state all the party had done to distance themselves from him once that behavior had come to light. The statement included a timeline of events, saying that in August of…

GOP resolution calls for outlawing all abortions in North Dakota

March 25, 2024

Jim Monk,

Red River Women’s Clinic, Moorhead, Minn.BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/Prairie Public) – The State Committee of the North Dakota Republican Party has approved a new anti-abortion resolution that will be debated during the state GOP convention next week in Fargo. Sources have said the resolution would call for the outlawing of all abortions, and would provide for criminal charges against a woman who…

Hoeven Narrowly Wins ND GOP Endorsement Over Becker

April 3, 2022

KVRR Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) — North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven won the endorsement Saturday of Republican convention delegates for a third term, besting a challenge from GOP state Rep. Rick Becker, who leads a growing ultraconservative wing of the party. It took just one ballot for Hoeven to get more than 50% of the votes from GOP convention delegates to…

Rick Berg Unanimously Elected To Full Term As North Dakota GOP Chairman

He was first elected party chairman in 2018 to fill out the term of Kelly Armstrong

June 16, 2019

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, ND — Former U.S. Congressman Rick Berg of Fargo has been elected to his first full term as chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party. Members of the party’s state committee unanimously backed Berg at their meeting in Bismarck on Saturday. He was first elected party chairman in 2018 to fill out the term of Kelly Armstrong, who stepped down…

Kelly Armstrong Clinches GOP Endorsement for U.S. House

Armstrong edges out three candidates, including Tom Campbell, for the endorsement

April 7, 2018

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The North Dakota GOP has chosen the candidate they would like to be Kevin Cramer’s successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. With four candidates in the running, the Republicans endorse State Senator Kelly Armstrong for November’s general election. Armstrong served as the state’s Republican Party chairman until he announced his campaign in February. The Dickinson native…