Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization and the youngest at 33 years of age.

North Dakota Sen. Judy Lee and Reps. Jim Jonas and Austen Schauer, all Republicans, announced that they would campaign to represent District 13 in the state Legislature.

The New Year is ringing in judicial history in North Dakota. Justice Lisa Fair McEvers will take the bench as the first woman ever elected Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice McEvers is bringing 12 years of experience on the state’s highest court into the role.

Justice Lisa Fair McEvers will be the next Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. She will be the first woman to serve in that role in state history.

Shawn Kessel is seeking an office once held by a lawmaker who unexpectedly died during the 2025 legislative session.

An unusual clause in the North Dakota Constitution that limits the power of the courts kept the state’s near-total abortion ban from being struck down last month. Most state Supreme Courts require a majority vote to declare a law unconstitutional.