Candidates File For Election
The filing deadline for city, county and state elections was Monday, Apr. 6 at 4:00 p.m. For county and statewide elections, candidates will advance to the June Primary Election. City elections will be final in the election on Tuesday, June 9.
Voters in Mountrail County will see races for the following statewide positions.
Filing for Representative in Congress are Republicans Alex Balazs and Julie Fedorchak, and Democrat Trygve Hammer. Only one of the two Republican candidates will advance to the November general election.
Michael Howe (R) and Ryan Braunberger (D) are seeking the Secretary of State position.
Running for Attorney General are Drew Wrigley (R) and Tim Lamb (D).
Doug Goehring (R) and Vern Thompson (D) are running for Agriculture Commissioner.
Republicans Deven Styczynski and Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, and Democrat John Pederson are running for Public Service Commissioner, 6 year-term. Again, only the top vote-getter of the Republican Party candidates will advance to the November general election.
Running for the unexpired two year term on the Public Service Commission are Chris Olson (R), Jill Kringstad (R), and Scott Kelsh (D). Only the top-vote getter between Olson and Kringstad will advance to November.
Running for Tax Commissioner are Brian Kroshus (R) and Mark Nelson (D).
There are three candidates seeking the unexpired two-year term of the Superintendent of Public Instruction: Charles Tuttle, Levi Bachmeier and Tracy Layne Foss. The top two in the primary election will advance to November.
Seeking election for the Justice of the Supreme Court, ten-year term, are Ariston E Johnson and Jerod Tufte.
Seeking election for an unexpired eight-year term as Justice of the Supreme Court is Douglas A Bahr.
Three candidates are seeking election to the Mountrail County Commissioner District 2 position: Beau Vachal, Gary Friesen and Gary Schell. The top two vote-getters will advance to the November election.
In the Commissioner District 3 race, there are also three candidates: Jake Estvold, Troy Walters and Trudy Ruland. Only the top two will advance to November.
One more race will be contested, this time for County Sheriff as Corey Bristol and Joel Shaffett are both on the ballot.
John DeGroot is running unopposed for the County Commissioner District 4. Other unopposed races are Stephanie A Pappa for County Auditor, Amber J Fiesel for County State’s Attorney, Melissa Vachal for County Recorder, Jessica Niemitalo for County Treasurer, and the Mountrail County Promoter for County Official Newspaper.
New Town will elect a mayor, with Jay Standish running. They will elect two council members, Frank Sillitti and Jesse Baker on the ballot. Taylor Olson is running for the position of Municipal Judge. They will elect three park board members with Kenneth Hough and Marty Danks on the ballot. The third position will be determined by write-in votes.
The City of Palermo will elect two council members with Kenny Meckle, Kevin Marmon and Robert Hamers on the ballot.
Parshall will be electing a mayor with Kyle Christianson on the ballot. Two council members will be elected with Barry Martens, Jeff McDougald, Robert Morenski and Roberta Whitman on the ballot. They will also elect two park board members with Chris Kolk and Jacobi Taft on the ballot.
Plaza is slated to elect two council members with just Darrell Salter on the ballot, meaning the second position will be determined by write-in. They also need to fill one park board position with no names on the ballot. That seat will also be determined by write-in vote.
Ross will elect a mayor with Julie Woodbury on the ballot. They will also elect two council members, which will be elected by write-in as no candidates are on the ballot.
In the City of Stanley, Marlin Ranum is running for mayor. With three council seats up for election, Darren LeRohl, Jesse Weyrauch and Kris Halvorson are running. There are also three park board members to be elected with Christopher Schneider, David Brown and Matthew Meiers running. With no candidates on the ballot for municipal judge, that seat will be determined by write-in.
White Earth will be electing two council members for four-year terms with Gary Fladeland and Jerald Ogden on the ballot. They will also elect one council member to fill an unexpired two-year term with Brenda Rohde and Rebecca Fladeland on the ballot.