I don’t write much about national politics. But an exchange between North Dakota’s lone Congressman, Kelly Armstrong, and holier-than-thou Socialist icon Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D – New York) yesterday is worth mentioning. As you’re aware, congressional Democrats are carrying out an [read more…]
There seems to be a feeling spreading within the North Dakota Republican Party (NDGOP) that the party itself doesn’t really mean that much. To be more specific, it comes from the idea that many Resolutions and planks of the Platform, [read more…]
It was long known that if Republican State Senator Kelly Armstrong of District 36 was successful in his bid to replace Congressman Kevin Cramer in the U.S. House that he would need to resign his seat as a state lawmaker. [read more…]
On election night, we published “The Minuteman’s 2018 Election Night Predictions“. I can honestly say that being 100% correct, when it comes to predicting winners in an election, isn’t altogether a good feeling. I’ve taken some time to reflect on [read more…]
In early September, we reported that Charles Tuttle – a former NDGOP candidate for U.S. House – had filed his paperwork to run as an Independent for the same office. You may recall that Tuttle had thrown his hat in [read more…]
It looks like North Dakota’s Secretary of State Al Jaeger won’t be the only Republican running as an Independent on the November ballot. The deadline for Independent candidates to file their signatures for November’s ballot access was Tuesday and petitioner [read more…]
NDGOP Chairman Rick Berg sent out an email today reminding Republicans across the state that Tom Campbell is no longer an active candidate for U.S. House. Berg was sure to let readers know that: “… Kelly Armstrong has been endorsed [read more…]
Last month, the Dem-NPL held their State Convention. As a result of that event, Mac Schneider obtained his party’s endorsement for U.S. House. Earlier this month, the NDGOP held their State Convention. Former party chairman and State Senator Kelly Armstrong [read more…]
On Monday, State Senator and U.S. House candidate Tom Campbell filed his paperwork to run in the June primary. This move came after losing the NDGOP endorsement to fellow State Senator and former NDGOP Chairman Kelly Armstrong at the party’s [read more…]
Tom Campbell’s campaign has reached a point of being embarrassing. As you’re probably already aware, State Senator Kelly Armstrong beat Campbell for the NDGOP endorsement at last week’s State Convention. The numbers weren’t even close. Armstrong came away with 847 [read more…]
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