State Representative
State House District 27; North Dakota
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election · 2 seats
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 18,767 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(784,841 ÷ 18,767) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.25, measured against a statewide vote in ND (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Fargo banker and former State Board of Higher Education vice chair who has served in the House since 2021. Vice chair of the Appropriations Human Resources Division and a member of the state employees retirement board.
Records: Corporate Accountability 1 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 2 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for, 1 against,
Independent · declared
Progressive, Democratic-aligned independent from Horace who is endorsed by the Red River Valley chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and defends social insurance programs such as Social Security.
Republican · declared
Business development director for the Fargo construction firm Roers and a Dickinson native who spent two decades in public administration, serving as city administrator in Wahpeton and Dickinson and in leadership at the state Commerce Department.
Sources: vip.sos.nd.gov · ndcourts.gov