It's unclear what an “energy czar” would do. Speculation has grown on what, if any, Cabinet post the North Dakota governor will get in Trump's administration.

BISMARCK — An initiated measure that would have legalized the use of recreational marijuana by people over the age of 21 in North Dakota failed to pass Tuesday, with opponents saying voters made a sensible decision from a health perspective and ...

View live results of the North Dakota presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

North Dakota voters are deciding ballot measures to do away with the property tax, legalize recreational marijuana and to raise the bar for citizens to amend the state constitution.

Republicans were elected into every statewide office and are set to maintain supermajority in the Legislature, outweighing Democratic seats by 42-5 in the Senate and 83-11 in the House.

Both the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Spirit Lake Nation reservations are in District 9, which will be represented by three tribal members.

North Dakota voters rejected a measure to overhaul property taxes Tuesday, but property tax relief is expected to be a major focus of the upcoming legislative session. Gov.-elect Kelly Armstrong, who was among those to oppose Measure 4,

A ballot question that would have eliminated property taxes in Midwest state was soundly defeated on Tuesday after critics argued the step would have gutted funding for essential services.

Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won the race to be North Dakota’s next governor. The state’s lone congressman has served three terms in the U.S.

The ratio of Republicans to Democrats is similarly lopsided in North Dakota, where the GOP has likewise maintained a trifecta since 1995. And as in South Dakota, voters are fine with medical marijuana, which they approved by a 28-point margin in 2016, but leery of recreational legalization, which they rejected in 2018 and 2022.

Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota each voted on measures to legalize recreational marijuana while Nebraska voters weighed in on both recreational and medical marijuana. Here is the latest vote counts on each measure and what they would do.

Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) is the projected winner of North Dakota’s gubernatorial race, according to Decision Desk HQ. Armstrong, the Peace Garden State’s sole congressman, was heavily favored