Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck today selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization[...]
Tag: Elected Leaders
Port: 2 of 4 Minot mayoral candidates have significant criminal histories
The race to replace Minot’s mayor is underway—but this isn’t your typical local election. With the previous mayor stepping down amid scandal, four candidates are vying to take his place, and two bring more than campaign slogans to the table: they bring[...]
Former governors say bipartisan unity key to rebuffing questionable federal policy
In a time when national politics feels like a shouting match, two former governors are reminding us of something quieter: conversation still works. Larry Hogan and Steve Bullock—Republican and Democrat—say the real power to break gridlock may rest not in Washington, but[...]
Port: On calling out the National Guard
As Los Angeles erupts in protest and the Trump administration sends in the National Guard without state consent, Rob Port is reflecting on a quieter kind of leadership. During the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests, then-Governor Jack Dalrymple faced similar pressure to[...]
Port: Rep. Jeff Hoverson and the horseshoe theory of politics
While testing the radio in his new car, columnist Rob Port landed on Minot’s KFLK 88.1—and into a troubling broadcast from Rep. Jeff Hoverson and Joel Hylden. On their show Two Men and a Bible, the two men lamented women’s clothing in[...]
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