AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoNorth Dakota Results: Republicans kept their statewide sweep, and Rep. Julie Fedorchak won a second term with about 60% of the vote. Voters also backed Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s appointees Levi Bachmeier as schools superintendent and Jill Kringstad on the Public Service Commission. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring was reelected. Turnout was 39.8%, the state’s lowest in a general election since at least 1980. Legislature: Republicans retained supermajorities, but Democrats picked up seats in Fargo and Grand Forks, including a sweep of Grand Forks’ District 43. Ballot Measures: Voters narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment requiring free school meals for all K-12 students, and rejected a proposal to raise the passage threshold for future constitutional amendments to 60%. National Contrast: Democrats took control of Congress in a midterm upset, while North Dakota largely stuck with its Republican incumbents.
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