The submitting deadline for candidates operating for Congress in North Dakota this yr was April 11. Two candidates are operating for North Dakota’s one U.S. Home seat, the bottom quantity since 2016 (when there have been additionally two candidates). Three candidates ran in 2020, and 5 candidates ran in 2018.
Listed here are another highlights from this yr’s filings:
- As a result of it has just one U.S. Home seat, North Dakota didn’t have to redistrict after the 2020 census.
- Incumbent Kelly Armstrong (R) is operating for re-election. He was first elected in 2018 after Kevin Cramer (R) retired to run for the U.S. Senate.
- Kelly is the one candidate who filed to run within the Republican main, and Mark Haugen is the one candidate who filed to run within the Democratic main, making this yr the primary election cycle since 2016 during which there aren’t any contested primaries. Two candidates ran within the Democratic main in 2020, and 4 candidates ran within the Republican main in 2018.
North Dakota and three different states – Maine, Nevada, and South Carolina – are holding main elections on June 14. In North Dakota, the winner of a main election is the candidate who receives the best variety of votes, even when she or he doesn’t win an outright majority of votes solid.