State Senator Judy Lee of West Fargo gets high praise by being named FiscalNote’s fourth most productive state senator in the country. The website ranks all legislators on how successful they are in sponsoring and steering legislation through each stage of the process. Lee, a Republican, has been serving since 1995. 66% of the 331 bills she has sponsored have…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Vice President Mike Pence is planning another visit to North Dakota. Congressman Kevin Cramer says Pence will attend a Grand Forks fundraiser on July 25. Cramer is trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. The Heitkamp-Cramer matchup is seen by Republicans as one of their top pick-up chances as they try to hang onto a…
FARGO, N.D. — President Donald Trump will be in Fargo in about 24 hours for a rally at Scheels Arena in support of Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer’s U.S. Senate campaign. You can expect traffic delays and road closures around the airport and the arena. Not everyone will be excited to see the president come to Fargo. An anti-Trump protest is…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota is part of a planned trip by Republican leaders to Russia, according to the Washington Post. It would be the first such trip since claims of election meddling by the Russians in the 2016 election. The Post says the trip to Moscow is being planned by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon…
FARGO, N.D. — Tickets to see President Donald Trump when he comes to Fargo on Wednesday, June 27 are now available. You can register for two free tickets here on the president’s campaign website. All tickets are on a first come first serve basis. The president will speak at Scheels Arena at 7 p.m. on the 27th. Doors will open…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Two Republican Senate nominees sought and received the support of an anti-LGBT group that links homosexuality to pedophilia and defends conversion therapy. North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer and Virginia’s Corey Stewart who both won the Republican nomination in their respective states on Tuesday, filled out a “Senate Candidate Survey” for the group Public Advocate of the United States. The survey asks…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota politician accused in a peeping incident at a college campus has formally dropped out of the race for secretary of state. Will Gardner notified Secretary of State Al Jaeger by a letter Wednesday that he will decline the GOP’s nomination. Gardner said he would withdraw last month after it came to light that…
Representative Kevin Cramer has been vocal over the support that his challenger, Senator Heidi Heitkamp has received from the president. I talked with Representative Cramer this afternoon about his opponent and his race for the senate seat. Alison Voorhees: You have said that you believe president trump is giving Sen. Heidi Heitkamp preferential treatment because she is a woman….
DULUTH, Minn. (KMSP) – President Donald Trump will visit Minnesota next week for a rally in Duluth. The rally will be held at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20. This will be Trump’s first visit to Minnesota since taking office in January 2017. He held a rally at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport two days before the 2016 election….
MINNESOTA — The Minnesota Republican Party wrapped up their convention in Duluth. Earlier today, the GOP endorsed Jeff Johnson for Governor and candidates for the state’s constitutional offices. “Are we a party of the political class, the wealthiest donors, the lobbyists, or are we a party of grass roots republicans?” Johnson said. The Minnesota GOP endorsed Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff…
