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Welcome to the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Insider, a newsletter that features regular updates about upcoming Dem-NPL events, legislative happenings, and news that affects North Dakotans!
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KNOCK DOORS. MAKE CALLS. WIN ELECTIONS.
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It's one month until Election Day, and absentee voting has already started! It's crunch time! Sign up for a shift today!
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Finally Friday Social in Minot!
The Spot
6 2nd St. NE, Minot
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Kick of the weekend and help get some Democratic-NPL Candidates elected!
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Coffee with Candidate Steve Thoring
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Daily Addictions Coffee House
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Join Steve Thoring on Saturday, 10/3, at 9:00 am for another coffee with candidates and let's support our local coffee shop, Daily Addiction Coffee House.
Want to volunteer? 🚪 We will be door knocking after our gathering in hopes to continue to connect with our neighbors and community members about why I am running for North Dakota House of Representatives, District 1.
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Dick Bremer fundraiser for Vern Thompson
Rose Creek Event Center
1500 East Rose Creek Pkwy, Fargo
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Support our Ag Commissioner-Vern Thompson!!
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Dick Bremer, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the MN Twins, will be in Fargo at Rose Creek Event Center, 5:30-8:30 to help celebrate Vern! There will be twins memorabilia up for auction, food, special guests, and fun!
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RSVP to Julian at 701.429.0275
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Burdick Dinner with Jon Tester
Join us for the 16th Annual Burdick Dinner! Senator Tester has a long history of standing up for rural America. As a third-generation farmer and former school teacher, Senator Tester is more than familiar with the issues facing us in North Dakota today.
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Join Sens. Tester and Heidi Heitkamp and help celebrate our award winners, Former U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy, ND Representative Gretchen Dobervich, Katrina Christiansen, and Carter Hass!
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Seats are going fast, so get your tickets today!
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Burdick Dinner After-Party Hosted By Dem-NPL Candidates John Pederson, Scot Kelsh, Vern Thompson, and Trygve Hammer
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Sat, Oct 10 9:30pm CDT or after the Burdick Dinner
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Radisson Blu - Prairie Rose Room on the Mezzanine Level
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Join Dem-NPL Candidates John Pederson, Scot Kelsh, Vern Thompson, and Trygve Hammer for fun and festivities after the Burdick Dinner!
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Dickinson Area Democratic-NPL meeting
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The Press Box at Players Sports Bar & Grill
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2050 1st Ave E, Dickinson
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Join Dem-NPL Candidates John Pederson, Scot Kelsh, Vern Thompson, and Trygve Hammer for fun and festivities after the Burdick Dinner!
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Community Conversation with Rep. Alisa Mitskog
Redneck Fancy (formerly the Christine Church)
110 4th Street, Christine, ND
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SAVE THE DATE! 📅 Thursday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. in Christine for a community gathering with District 25 State Rep. Alisa Mitskog.
📍 Redneck Fancy (formerly the Christine Church)
110 4th Street, Christine, ND
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Come connect with neighbors, discuss issues important to our district, ask questions, and hear about Alisa’s work representing our rural communities. Beer, wine, and light refreshments will be provided.
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Grand Forks Town Hall
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Join us for another Town Hall and ask the Dem-NPL endorsed candidates about rural healthcare, data centers, and other issues!
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Upcoming Debates and Forums
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Bismarck City/County Building
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Bismarck City/County Building
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Trygve Hammer vs. Julie Fedorchak
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Grand Forks City Council Chamber
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Grand Forks City Council Chamber
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Tracy Foss vs. Levi Bachmeier
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Vern Thomson vs. Doug Goehring
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Rep. Zac Ista vs. Bob Harms
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Former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says Trump ads paid for by government are "absolutely not legal"
Joel Heitkamp is joined by his sister and former United States Senator Heidi Heitkamp. She joins Joel on "News and Views" to discuss the President Trump ads paid for by the federal government.
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ND Ag Commission candidate Vern Thompson pushes for relief for farmers, ranchers, and qualified agricultural haulers
Vern Thompson is a former farmer and state legislator and now trucker, and is the Democratic-NPL candidate for North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, running against incumbent Doug Goehring. He joins Joel Heitkamp in the KFGO studio to talk about gas prices, the Farm Bill, and more.
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Issue spotlight: North Dakota US House candidates differ on solutions to affordability
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Hammer said allowing the war to continue just because Americans have already suffered casualties and paid a financial cost is a false argument for continuing operations. Congress had the opportunity to make its concerns known earlier in the engagement and declined to exercise any authority, he said.
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“It’s basically a tax at the gas pump and at the grocery store,” Hammer said. “These are self-inflicted wounds that we didn’t have to have, and if Congress had been exercising its authority, being the check and balance that they are supposed to be, then we might not have had those things.”
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District 7 House Candidate Debate
Mental health is very important for me as an educator. I believe that we need more services. We cannot continue to have teachers be inside the classroom and expect for them to be mental health providers inside the classrooms. That's what we currently are dealing with at this time.
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Now, from my expertise, from being in health care operations for many years, something that I think in North Dakota that we need to do, we need to think about increasing our service lines. I've been listening to people at the doors. They don't want telemedicine. They actually want to be able to go into a facility to get services.
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District 7 Senate Candidate Debate
When it comes to health care, I think the one thing that we can do at a state level, because it is also a federal problem, but at a state level is I think we could put more of an emphasis on primary care and primary care helps keep people out of hospitals and lowers health care costs. And we are going to have to deal with some serious medical issues in the future.
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Entering the final month of the campaign
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Trygve Hammer is in studio on Afternoons Live with Tyler Axness to discuss upcoming debates and what he is hearing on the trail.
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Ag commissioner challenger highlights data centers; incumbent calls move ‘grandstanding’
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Thompson said North Dakota residents are feeling run over by those projects.
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He pointed to rural roads rutted by construction traffic, property owners being threatened with eminent domain and industrial development changing the rural landscape.
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Thompson runs a trucking company in Fargo but has a farm background in Benson County.
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Thompson said one priority for him is to address food affordability by pushing for a meat processing cooperative in the state.
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He said consumers are paying for the high transportation costs of North Dakota beef going to out-of-state processing and then having the processed meat come back into the state.
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He said limited competition among the “big four” meat packers keeps meat prices high.
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“Farmers and ranchers aren’t the problem when it comes to the high cost of food,” Thompson said. “When it comes to the high cost of beef in the grocery store, it’s the meat packers.”
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2nd Fargo-area data center would use double the power of Harwood site
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Harmony Township resident Dustin Burchill spoke at a community meeting in Casselton on Sept. 15. He cited a second Geronimo solar project, which PSC documents show as being 4 miles northeast of Casselton.
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Geronimo also sees potential for a 500-megawatt wind farm northwest of Casselton, according to a 10-year plan filed with the PSC, though the company said it is not part of the data center project.
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District 35 House Candidate Debate
I was very disappointed that the bill that would have prohibited non-disclosure agreements between data center developers and public officials failed in the special session. To me, the first and foremost responsibility of a representative is to represent. And part of that is communication. That is transparency.
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NEW: With 32 Days Until the Midterms, Wages Fail To Keep Up With Inflation in Trump’s Economy
“Donald Trump and JD Vance hollowed out the job market, leaving Americans struggling to find good-paying jobs — while sky-high prices on gas and groceries have swallowed up Americans’ wages. Trump promised to ‘defeat inflation,’ but instead he imposed reckless tariffs and started a war with Iran that have made everyday life unaffordable for working families. Now, in the final stretch leading up to the midterms, Trump’s economy continues to crush everyday Americans — and voters are fed up.”
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High gas prices are spurring states to waive taxes and regulations amid midterm election
State officials nationwide are focusing on rising gas and diesel prices tied to the war in Iran, offering gas tax holidays and other measures to ease costs as affordability remains a top voter concern in the critical midterm elections.
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The high gas prices took center stage in Ohio on Wednesday, as lawmakers passed a 90-day state gas tax holiday with broad bipartisan support. Including Ohio, about one-third of U.S. states have implemented some form of fuel tax relief, with many taking action within the past week, according to an Associated Press review.
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Prediction markets spend millions to influence state, federal governments
Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels, according to a new report from the government watchdog group OpenSecrets.
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NYT: Anthropic Nearly Walked Out on Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical — Then Lobbied His Advisers
Leo did not move. Paragraph 99 of Magnifica Humanitas says that so-called artificial intelligences “do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain.” Nor, the pope writes, “do they have a moral conscience.”
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I do not think Olah is a bad man. He has acted in good faith, and I have credited him for engaging the Church while much of his industry sneered at the encyclical. But the ask shows how little Silicon Valley understands the Church, or religion at all.
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Share these Dem-NPL Graphics!
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The Century Club supports our year-round work to build party infrastructure supporting candidate recruitment, local district and regional leadership, issue-based education, and tools for Dem-NPL success.
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Help us elect great Democrats up and down the ballot!
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The North Dakota Democratic-NPL is launching a new grassroots program called “Neighbor to Neighbor” where volunteers will connect with voters in your community to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. As a volunteer, you will be responsible for connecting with voters in 25 homes in your neighborhood or friends and family to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot about 3-4 times this year.
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Grassroots organizers are the lifeblood of the Dem-NPL! Sign up to volunteer with the Dem-NPL!
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