Plain Talk: ‘We can’t win as the old Democratic Party of the past’
MINOT, N.D. — "I would not vote for Nancy Pelosi" to be speaker of the House. So says Mark Haugen,...
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Rep. Kim Koppelman’s loss in District 13 is another blow for the Bastiat Caucus wing of the NDGOP
MINOT, N.D. — One of the challenges of writing about Republican politics in North Dakota right now is how we...
We have to fix North Dakota’s broken initiated measure process, but how?
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's initiated measure process is broken. At best, it's become a vehicle for billionaires get their...
This is what a rigged political convention actually looks like
MINOT, N.D. — The NDGOP held its statewide endorsing convention, and state Rep. Rick Becker lost decisively in the Senate race to...
Rick Becker rides a dinosaur and fights an octopus
MINOT, N.D. — Shall we do one final wrap-up of the NDGOP convention? Because now, a bit more removed from...
The perverse incentives of modern politics
MINOT, N.D. — It wasn't that Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Republican from North Carolina, called the Ukranian president currently leading a...
NDGOP chairman rips ‘rogue’ group promoting rule changes at upcoming state convention
MINOT, N.D. — With the NDGOP's state convention set to kick off Friday, party chairman Perrie Schafer is disavowing messages...
Republicans need to wake up to the reality that Putin’s buddy Trump is a loser
MINOT, N.D. — Let me preface this column by telling you that the issues around Hunter Biden and his various...
Plain Talk: Not your typical North Dakota Democrat
MINOT, N.D. — "There are some problems within the Democratic party in North Dakota that we need to fix." That's...
The NDGOP’s state convention is going to be ugly
MINOT, N.D. — I'm going to make a prediction about the NDGOP's upcoming state convention in Bismarck, but I'm going...
