North Dakota elections, 2018

North Dakota will hold two statewide elections in 2018: a primary election on Tuesday, June 12, and a general election on Tuesday, November 6. In addition, each township elected officers on Tuesday, March 20, and each school district held their elections on a date of their choosing between April 1 and June 30.[1]

Primary Election

On Tuesday, June 12, North Dakota voters selected which candidates for statewide and legislative office will appear on the November ballot. Because North Dakota does not have party registration, any eligible voter may vote in any one party's primary election. Though primary elections often include any number of constitutional amendments, initiated measures, or referred measures placed on the ballot by petition, none were included in this particular election.[1]

General Election

On Tuesday, November 6, concurrent with other statewide elections across the United States, North Dakota voters will select one United States Senator, one United States Representative, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and several other statewide executive and judicial branch offices. Voters who live in odd-numbered legislative districts will also select their representatives to the North Dakota House of Representatives and North Dakota Senate. Finally, voters may face any number of constitutional amendments, initiated measures, or referred measures placed on the ballot by petition.[1]

United States Senator

Incumbent Democratic–NPL Senator Heidi Heitkamp is running for reelection to a second term. Republican United States Representative Kevin Cramer is challenging her for the seat.

United States Representative

Though incumbent Republican Kevin Cramer had announced that he would run for re-election to a fourth term, he later decided to run for the Senate instead. Republican state Senator Kelly Armstrong and Democratic-NPL former state Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider are vying for the open seat.

Secretary of State

Six-term incumbent Republican Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger was not re-endorsed by his party to serve a seventh term, so did not run for his party's nomination.[2] When nominated Republican Will Gardner withdrew from the general election, Jaeger collected the signatures necessary to run as an independent. If enough signatures are found to be valid, his name will appear on the ballot as an independent. No candidate will be on the ballot with the label of Republican.[3]

Two-term Democratic-NPL state representative Joshua Boschee will challenge the incumbent.[3]

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is being challenged by Democratic-NPL trial attorney David Thompson.

Other statewide races

All North Dakota voters will face partisan races for Agriculture Commissioner, Tax Commissioner, one full term seat and one partial term seat on the Public Service Commission, and a nonpartisan ten-year term as Justice of the Supreme Court

State legislative races

24 seats in the North Dakota Senate and 48 seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives are up for election. Voters in all odd-numbered districts will those races on their ballot.

Measures

Voters will face four measures placed on the ballot by petition.[1] Measure 1 would establish government ethics rules and an ethics commission; the Secretary of State approved it for the ballot on July 24.[4] Measure 2 would remove language in the state constitution currently guaranteeing all citizens to right to vote and replace it with language banning non-citizens from voting; it was approved on August 10.[5] Measure 3 would legalize the recreational use of marijuana.[6] Measure 4 would establish personalized vehicle plates for volunteer emergency responders.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2018 North Dakota Election Calendar" (PDF). North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Incumbent to run independent campaign for Secretary of State". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. Associated Press. May 21, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Jaeger submits signatures for to run as independent". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. Associated Press. August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "North Dakota ethics measure approved for November ballot". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. Associated Press. July 24, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Measure addressing qualifications of electors approved for November election". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Dura, Jack (August 13, 2018). "North Dakota marijuana legalization measure approved for election". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ Dura, Jack (August 13, 2018). "Four ballot measures approved for November election in ND". The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ "N.D. Ballot Measures Numbered". Dakota Briefs. The Bismarck Tribune. Lee Enterprises. August 15, 2018. p. B5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.