North Dakota House of Representatives
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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 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.<ref>House Concurrent Resolution No. 3010 (North Dakota Session Laws 1995, ch. 649) approved November 5, 1996 (ND Session Laws 1997, ch. 570)</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The House Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Composition of the HouseEdit
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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| Republican | Democratic-NPL | Vacant | ||
| 65th Legislative Assembly | Template:Party shading/Republican | 81 | 13 | 94 | 0 |
| 66th Legislative Assembly | Template:Party shading/Republican | 78 | 15 | 93 | 1 |
| 67th Legislative Assembly | Template:Party shading/Republican | 80 | 14 | 94 | 0 |
| 68th Legislative Assembly | Template:Party shading/Republican | 82 | 12 | 94 | 0 |
| 69th Legislative Assembly | Template:Party shading/Republican | 82 | 11 | 94 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | Template:Party shading/Republican | Template:Percentage | Template:Percentage | ||
2024–2025 officersEdit
| Position | Name | Party | District | |
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| Speaker of the House | Robin Weisz | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Republican | 14 |
| Majority Leader | Mike Lefor | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Republican | 37 |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Glenn Bosch | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Republican | 30 |
| Majority Caucus Chair | Jeremy Olson | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Republican | 26 |
| Minority Leader | Zachary Ista | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Democratic–NPL | 43 |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Gretchen Dobervich | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Democratic–NPL | 11 |
| Minority Caucus Chair | Jayme Davis | style="background:Template:Party color"| | Democratic–NPL | 9 |
Members of the 69th HouseEdit
The below individuals are members of the North Dakota House of Representatives for the 69th Legislative Assembly (2025–2027).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- †Representative was appointed when they first joined the House
Past composition of the House of RepresentativesEdit
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See alsoEdit
- List of speakers of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- List of majority leaders of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- List of North Dakota Legislative Assemblies
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- North Dakota Legislative Assembly official site
- North Dakota House of Representatives at Ballotpedia
- Legislature of North Dakota at Project Vote Smart
- North Dakota campaign financing at FollowTheMoney.org
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