Is it illegal for Sen. John Hoeven to seek a third term?
Congressman Kevin Cramer, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum hosted EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt at a closed roundtable discussion in Fargo Wednesday, Aug. 9. Dave Olson/The Forum
MINOT, N.D. — Sen. John Hoeven, first elected to his current office in 2010, has announced that he’ll be seeking a third term in 2022.
Under section 16.1-01-13.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, that’s illegal.
“A person is ineligible to have that person’s name placed on the ballot at any election for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress if, by the start of the term for which the election is being held, that person will have served as a United States senator or a representative in Congress, or in any combination of those offices, for at least twelve years,” that section of law states.
