State Representative
State House District 17; 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 16,289 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(784,841 ÷ 16,289) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.91, 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
Democratic-NPL · declared
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Retired Grand Forks school administrator with a doctorate in school leadership who has served in the House since 2011. Sits on Appropriations and is vice chair of the interim Higher Education Institutions Committee.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for, 1 against, Corporate Accountability 1 for, 2 against, Healthcare Affordability 3 for,
Republican · declared
West Point graduate and former Army armor officer, originally from Dickinson, who worked in Governor Kelly Armstrong's office analyzing legislation and testifying before committees. Campaigns on local priorities and taxpayer stewardship.
Sources: vip.sos.nd.gov · ndcourts.gov