North Dakota At large
Julie Fedorchak (R) holds this seat and is running again. 4 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
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Julie Fedorchak
Republican · holds this seat today
ALiberty Score AOn the liberty side in 43 of 45 votes and bills.
Raised $2,107,166 since January 2025: 56% from PACs and other committees, 24% from people, 20% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Trygve Hammer
Democrat · retired Marine major, teacher, oil field worker
No gradeNo grade yetI have no votes in Congress to count for Hammer, and what Hammer has said and done settles only 3 of my principles. I went through it on October 30. A grade needs 4.
Raised $370,969 since January 2025: 97% from people, 3% from PACs and other committees. The filing at FEC.gov
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Trygve Hammer, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Hammer, so the grade above comes from this list: what Hammer has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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On the Iran war he said Congress must have a say, and did not rule out voting for military action.
“Congress needs to have a say, our say in whether we go to Iran and put lives on the line is through Congress”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
A call for Congress to vote, with no policy named, is unclear for anyone.
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In a 2024 debate he said tax loopholes at the top have to be eliminated.
“We have to eliminate those tax loopholes at the top”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Raising revenue by closing loopholes for high earners is a higher tax on them, the against side.
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He says profitable corporations and the very wealthy need to pay their fair share of taxes.
“Profitable corporations and the ultra wealthy need to be paying their fair share.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Calling for higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy is the against side.
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He said the nuclear deterrent triad must be maintained and veterans' care fully funded.
“We need to maintain our nuclear deterrent triad.”
- By the test I use for votes
- With liberty
Backing the nuclear forces is funding and equipping the armed forces, the with side.
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In 2024 he said he felt defense dollars were being wasted.
“I really felt like we were wasting defense dollars”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
Waste in contracts is not a call to cut the budget, so it does not settle the measure.
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He called for comprehensive immigration reform without saying what it would contain.
“get comprehensive immigration reform”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
No policy is named, so the words do not settle the measure.
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In a 2024 debate he said the border service needs many more personnel.
“We need substantial increases in Customs and Border Protection personnel.”
- By the test I use for votes
- With liberty
Adding border agents is securing the border, the with side.
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In 2026 he said he has no problem with immigration enforcement as long as it treats everybody as a human being.
“They are all human beings, and I have no problem with enforcement as long as it treats everybody like a human being,”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
He accepts enforcement on a condition and criticises how it is carried out, so the words do not settle the measure.
Also on the ballot
Helene Neville (Independent), Charles Tuttle (Independent).
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