Mar 27, 2024
Resolutions are, once again, causing headaches for North Dakota Republicans ahead of the 2024 statewide convention.
One party resolution to be voted on at the convention calls for laws that would put a pregnant woman who seeks an abortion in jail, along with anyone who helped her. Another denigrates public schools as...
Mar 22, 2024
"The reality is we knew the campaign team," U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong told me and my co-host Chad Oban on this episode of Plain Talk.
Armstrong was responding to a question about his decision to go negative first against his opponent, Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller, in North Dakota's Republican gubernatorial primary.
"We are...
Mar 20, 2024
It's campaign season, and unfortunately in the news cycle that often means substantive policy discussions takes a back seat to aspersions and invective from political campaigns.
We have a bit of both on this episode of Plain Talk. Yes, we talk about U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong throwing the first punch in what promises to...
Mar 15, 2024
The North Dakota Republican Party will be holding what will be a very interesting event on April 5.
Interesting in the conventional way in that it will be a showcase of (most) of the party's statewide candidates. Interesting also in that there is a divide among Republicans between those who think the party's most...
Mar 13, 2024
There is a shift happening in North Dakota politics. Republicans are divided between Trump-style populists, and more traditional conservatives.
The legislative primary in District 8 may well be a bellwether for the future of both North Dakota's dominant political party, and the way in which our state is governed.
That...