(Fargo, ND) – With the death of Sen. Doug Larsen on Sunday night, a vacancy will be created in the North Dakota State Senate. According to former Speaker of the North Dakota State House, Kim Koppelman, the North Dakota law explains the process in which a vacancy is filled. “Under ND law, a legislative vacancy is filled by the district executive committee from which that
Since 2014, the North Dakota Legislature has spent more than $45,000 to send a dozen retiring and defeated lawmakers to out-of-state conferences, according to records reviewed by Forum News Service.
Conservative lawmakers elevated several of their own on Monday to guide the House and Senate into a new era. After a rout of the Democrats on election night, Republicans hold massive majorities in both chambers.
"After last night's House/Senate leadership elections, it's official, the power has moved out of the [Red River] valley and into the west," one House lawmaker tells me.
"After last night's House/Senate leadership elections, it's official, the power has moved out of the [Red River] valley and into the west," one House lawmaker tells me.