Statewide Candidates Say They Will Not Be Attending North Dakota GOP Convention This Year

Statewide candidates say they will not be attending North Dakota GOP convention

BISMARCK — North Dakota's Republican Party will gather for its annual convention in Minot later this month without a single statewide elected Republican seeking the party's endorsement -- an unusual and pointed absence that underscores deepening divisions within the GOP. Republican Party Chair Matthew Simon confirmed during a press conference Tuesday, March 10, that no statewide incumbent candidates met a Sunday filing deadline they needed to at…

North Dakota GOP chairman calls out candidates skipping convention

Candidates can get on North Dakota's June primary election ballot two ways -- getting the party's endorsement, or collecting signatures and going straight to the primary.

Several North Dakota Republicans not attending convention may be causing a rift

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Several North Dakota Republicans say they are not attending this year’s state convention. Republican statewide office-holders like Rep. Julie Fedorchak, Secretary of State Michael Howe, and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring say instead they will be waiting for the June primary. At the 2024 convention, Fedorchak withdrew from consideration after two rounds of voting and lost the party’s endorsement to Alex Balazs, but sh…

Statewide candidates say they will not be attending North Dakota GOP convention this year

For the first time in recent memory, no statewide Republican officials will seek endorsement at North Dakota’s GOP convention in Minot. Party leaders say it signals deepening divisions.