During the 2014 and 2016 election cycles, North Dakotans had more than two choices on the ballot for U.S. House— thanks to a man named Jack Seaman. The Libertarian businessman took on then incumbent — and now U.S. Senator — [read more…]
Earlier this month, I wrote about State Representative Daniel Johnston (R – District 24) announcing his bid to replace retiring State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt. Well, Johnston now has some competition from one of his colleagues in the State House, Rep. [read more…]
During the 2016 election cycle, North Dakota made national news. That year there was no presidential primary or caucuses for North Dakota’s Republicans. Instead, party faithful — who attended the NDGOP State Convention — sent 28 “unbound” delegates to the [read more…]
The following article was submitted to The Minuteman by John H. Wilson. The day long predicted has finally come to pass – the Senate has begun to hear the case against President Donald Trump on the charges of Abuse of [read more…]
The term “conservative” just doesn’t seem to have the meaning that it once did in politics. In fact, I’ve become increasingly hesitant to even use the word at times. It seemingly means different things to different people these days. One [read more…]
We published two articles this week about a legislative conference held in Puerto Rico last month. You can see them here and here. The conference was put on by The Council of State Governments (CSG) and cost nearly $50,000 for [read more…]
Rep. Rick Becker (R – District 7) went on Facebook Live last night and discussed a variety of issues while making some cordial with chokecherries. Included in that social media discussion was the issue of property taxes. Based off of [read more…]
We published an article earlier today about a conference for state lawmakers that took place last month in Puerto Rico. It was put on by The Council of State Governments (CSG)— a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that helps lawmakers shape public [read more…]
We published an article back in September which shed some light on a legislative summit that some of our very own North Dakota legislators and Legislative Council staffers attended in Nashville, Tennessee. The cost of that trip was about $90,000— [read more…]
It’s kind of a slow season in North Dakota politics. Evidence supporting such a statement can be found by reading this article from Say Anything Blog’s Rob Port, that Rep. Dan Johnston (R – District 24) has two filings involving [read more…]
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