North Dakota House of Representatives
Lower house of U.S. state legislature
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The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate.
North Dakota House of Representatives | |
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| 69th North Dakota Legislative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | Two four-year terms (counting from 2022) |
| History | |
New session started | January 5, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 94 |
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Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Authority | Article IV, North Dakota Constitution |
| Salary | $148/session day + per diem |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 (47 seats) |
Next election | November 3, 2026 (47 seats) |
| Redistricting | Legislative Control |
| Meeting place | |
| House of Representatives Chamber North Dakota State Capitol Bismarck, North Dakota | |
| Website | |
| North Dakota Legislative Assembly | |
North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census. The 2000 redistricting plan provided for 47 districts. As each district elects two Representatives to the House, there are currently 94 representatives in the House.
Representatives serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the districts have elections every two years. Originally, the North Dakota Constitution limited members of the North Dakota House of Representatives to two-year terms, with all representatives standing for reelection at the same time. That practice continued until 1996, when the voters approved a constitutional amendment that changed the term for representatives to four-years with staggered terms. The amendment went into effect July 1, 1997, and was first applied in the 1998 elections.[1][2] Every two years half the districts elect both their representatives by block voting. In the 2022 North Dakota elections, a ballot measure passed with 63.4% of the vote creating term limits of eight years in the North Dakota House, which was put into effect starting January 2023.[3]
The House Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Composition of the House
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic-NPL | Vacant | |||
| 65th Legislative Assembly | 81 | 13 | 94 | 0 | |
| 66th Legislative Assembly | 78 | 15 | 93 | 1 | |
| 67th Legislative Assembly | 80 | 14 | 94 | 0 | |
| 68th Legislative Assembly | 82 | 12 | 94 | 0 | |
| 69th Legislative Assembly | 83 | 11 | 94 | 0 | |
| Latest voting share | 88.3% | 11.7% | |||
2024–2025 officers
| Position | Name | Party | District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Robin Weisz | Republican | 14 | |
| Majority Leader | Mike Lefor | Republican | 37 | |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Glenn Bosch | Republican | 30 | |
| Majority Caucus Chair | Jeremy Olson | Republican | 26 | |
| Minority Leader | Zachary Ista | Democratic–NPL | 43 | |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Gretchen Dobervich | Democratic–NPL | 11 | |
| Minority Caucus Chair | Jayme Davis | Democratic–NPL | 9 | |
Members of the 69th House
The below individuals are members of the North Dakota House of Representatives for the 69th Legislative Assembly (2025–2027).[4]
- Originally appointed.
- Davis represented District 9A prior from 2022–2024.
- Swiontek previously served in the state house from 1976–1984.
- Henderson represented District 9B from 2022–2024.
- Monson represented District 10 from 1992–2022.
- Johnston previously served in the state house from 2017–2020.
- Skroch previously served in the state house from 2016–2022.
- Timmons previously served in the state house from 2022–2024.
- Brandenburg previously served in the state house from 1998–2002.
- Grueneich previously served in the state house from 2016–2020.
- Vigesaa represented District 23 from 2002–2022.
- Martinson previously served in the state house from 1972–1996.
- Schatz represented District 36 from 2008–2022.