As you may have read last week, Governor Doug Burgum recently gave $195,000 to a Political Action Committee (PAC) set on defeating conservatives in key races across the state. Yes, that same PAC — known as Dakota Leadership PAC — [read more…]
Voters across North Dakota are now in the process of a mail-only primary election. And with that, contested races are heating up. One of those is the race for State Treasurer. As you’re likely aware, on the Republican side, this [read more…]
One of the many Executive Orders signed by Governor Doug Burgum, in response to COVID-19, has left North Dakotans with a mail-only primary election. And there’s a lot of people unhappy about it. To be clear, at the end of [read more…]
On March 19th, Governor Doug Burgum signed Executive Order 2020-6. It’s one of many orders the state’s top executive has signed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. What was unique about this one is that it placed certain restrictions on [read more…]
We’re moving ever closer to the June primary. With the Secretary of State’s office having sent out ballot applications for the mail-only election, it’s crunch time for candidates across the state. There’s no question that the response to COVID-19 is [read more…]
If you’ve been following The Minuteman lately, then you’re familiar with the fact that Governor Doug Burgum is making a concerted effort to defeat conservative candidates in key races across the state. I first wrote about this in late February [read more…]
In December, State Treasurer Kelly Schmidt (R) surprised many when she announced that she wouldn’t be seeking a fifth term. When she was first elected in 2004, Democrats had occupied the Treasurer’s office for about 20 years. Schmidt has steadied the [read more…]
In mid-March, Governor Doug Burgum issued an Executive Order closing all K-12 schools for a week. He then extended that to “until further notice” and ordered that districts “develop plans for age-appropriate distance learning”. This was, of course, an early [read more…]
Back in February, we published an article about information given to The Minuteman that Governor Doug Burgum was actively seeking challengers to conservative candidates in key primary season races. At the time, the races made known to us were State [read more…]
The following letter was submitted to The Minuteman by Tricia Knutson. Governor Doug Burgum, I am a resident of a North Dakota county that does not have any coronavirus cases. I carefully follow the news of our state, country and [read more…]
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