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Plain Talk With Rob Port

Dec 28, 2021

Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota's long-time Attorney General, announced recently that he'll end a more than four-decades-long career in elected office once his term is up next year.

Who will replace him? The name you'll hear most often in those conversations is Drew Wrigley, who served two stints as North Dakota's U.S....


Dec 22, 2021

It's been a wild year in North Dakota politics, from a lawmaker getting expelled from the Legislature for the first time in state history to a small group of NDGOP leaders walking out of their own party's meeting just last week.

On this episode of Plain Talk I was joined by Chad Oban and Jamie Selzler, both former...


Dec 20, 2021

Wayne Stenehjem has served the State of North Dakota in elected office for more than 40 years, from his stint in the Legislature starting in the mid-1970s to two decades serving as Attorney General.

Now, he's calling it a career, announcing that he'll step down once his current four-year term is up. Stenehjem joined...


Dec 17, 2021

North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer joined this episode of Plain Talk and discussed all sorts of stuff.

The January 6 committee, and what it's revealed about the way former President Donald Trump handled the riot at the U.S. capitol.

The Build Back Better plan.

The state of inflation.

The retrenchment going on in the...


Dec 15, 2021

Politics in North Dakota are about as divisive these days as they are anywhere else. In our state, the divide in the Republican party is between traditional Republicans and a faction of conservatives, in-step with former President Donald Trump, who feel the state's Republicans haven't been conservative enough.

I've been...