State Representative
What does this office do?
- 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
Bismarck independent landman, retired National Guard lieutenant colonel and former state tourism director who was House majority leader in the 1990s. Serves on Appropriations and higher education budget work.
Records: Corporate Accountability 1 for, 2 against, Healthcare Affordability 3 for, Government Spending Reduction 2 against,
Republican · Incumbent
Retired Bismarck medical technologist who has served in the House since 2007 and is vice chair of the Judiciary Committee. Works on health care, veterans affairs and court facilities issues.
Records: Healthcare Affordability 4 for, Civil Rights 1 for, 2 against, Corporate Accountability 1 for, 2 against,
Democratic-NPL
Bismarck retired public school teacher of nearly 30 years, including 18 on the Standing Rock Reservation where she directed a Head Start site, and a former small business owner. Focuses on public schools, family farms and rural health services.
Democratic-NPL
Taylor Johnson is a health care data analyst at the Human Services Research Institute with public health degrees from Johns Hopkins. Johnson's priorities include paid family and medical leave, lower child care costs, stronger public schools and cheaper health insurance.
Sources: vip.sos.nd.gov · ndcourts.gov