Plain Talk: Auditor Gallion Says Things Are “Cordial” With Governor Burgum Despite Campaign Announcement Snub
"Regardless of what you do...you're going to have critics." That's what North Dakota Auditor Josh Gallion, a Republican who announced...
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Auditor: Department of Commerce Skirted State Law in Creating Governor Burgum’s Pet Project State Logo
Last week state Auditor Josh Gallion announced his re-election campaign. A number of the state's prominent Republicans helped in that...
Amid Scandal and a Push for Impeachment North Dakota’s Top Elected Officials Join Trump’s Re-Election Campaign
There were some headlines earlier this week about incumbent President Donald Trump losing some popularity in North Dakota ahead of...
Will North Dakota Democrats Spend Their Money Supporting This Trump-Loving Conservative Politician Again?
Michael Coachman, a regular if marginal candidate for statewide office in North Dakota, has announced yet another campaign. In 2020...
North Dakota Needs Workers, but Those Workers Need Shakespeare
Last year I was invited to participate in a campus dialogue event at Minot State University. The event was titled,...
Some Democrats Relieved Heitkamp Won’t Run for Governor
Yesterday I shared polling from Governor Doug Burgum's not-yet-officially-announced re-election campaign showing the incumbent with a commanding lead in a...
Plain Talk: North Dakota’s New ACLU Leader Says He’d Like to Find Common Ground With Conservatives, Burgum Pollster Talks 2020 Race
Can the ACLU, widely perceived as a left-wing organization, find common ground with conservatives in North Dakota? The new leader...
Burgum Polls Himself Against Heidi Heitkamp Ahead of 2020 Campaign
Governor Doug Burgum's re-election campaign has been polling, and gave me exclusive access to the results. You can read their...
Poll: Governor Doug Burgum Enjoys 60 Percent Favorable Rating, Has Support of a Plurality of Democrats
In polling from DFM Research (which I've written about earlier this week with regard to the Teddy Roosevelt library project...
Poll: North Dakotans Split on Supporting Roosevelt Library, Project Is Least Popular in Western North Dakota
Dean Mitchell of DFM Research is a friend of mine who also works as a political pollster. I've commissioned polling...
