Author: Ellie Ottensmeyer

  • Roughrider Roundup – January 11, 2022

    Roughrider Roundup – January 11, 2022

    Happy Monday! Dear Fellow Republicans, We wanted to provide you with a roundup of everything you might have missed from North Dakota’s great Republican leaders this past week. Please share with family and friends! – Perrie Schafer, NDGOP Chairman

  • NDGOP Thanks Rep. Pollert for “Exemplary” Service to North Dakota

    NDGOP Thanks Rep. Pollert for “Exemplary” Service to North Dakota

    BISMARCK – Today, Perrie Schafer, Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party (“NDGOP”) issued the following statement in response North Dakota House Majority Leader Chet Pollert’s announcement that he would be retiring at the end of term: “On behalf of the entire North Dakota Republican Party, I want to extend our deepest gratitude to Representative Chet…

  • NDGOP Mourns Loss of Long-Time Republican Representative, George Keiser

    NDGOP Mourns Loss of Long-Time Republican Representative, George Keiser

    NDGOP Chairman Perrie Schafer released the following statement on the passing of state Rep. George Keiser of Bismarck. “We are saddened to learn of this loss and we offer our prayers and deepest condolences to the Keiser family. Rep. George Keiser was a wonderful leader in the state of North Dakota for many years, and his public service…

  • Roughrider Roundup – December 20, 2021

    Roughrider Roundup – December 20, 2021

    Happy Monday! Dear Fellow Republicans, We wanted to provide you with a roundup of everything you might have missed from North Dakota’s great Republican leaders this past week. Please share with family and friends! – Perrie Schafer, NDGOP Chairman Programming Note: We’ll see you in 2022! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Please note ** NDGOP will…

  • Burgum appoints PSC member Brian Kroshus to be North Dakota’s next tax commissioner

    Burgum appoints PSC member Brian Kroshus to be North Dakota’s next tax commissioner

    BISMARCK, N.D. (DEC. 21, 2021) – Gov. Doug Burgum today appointed Brian Kroshus to serve as North Dakota’s next tax commissioner, citing his experience as a business leader and his background in defending the public interest as a member of the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) for approximately five years.  Kroshus was appointed to the PSC by Burgum…

  • DISTRICT 47 RE-ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    DISTRICT 47 RE-ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Rep. Lawrence R. (Larry) Klemin [pron. Kle-meen] and Sen. Michael A. Dwyer announce that they will run for re-election in 2022 to represent District 47 in the House of Representatives and the Senate in the North Dakota Legislature. Klemin, who has represented District 47 since 1998, served as the Speaker of the House during the…

  • NDGOP Thanks Stenehjem for “Exemplary” Public Service

    NDGOP Thanks Stenehjem for “Exemplary” Public Service

    BISMARCK – Today, Perrie Schafer, Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party (“NDGOP”) issued the following statement in response to the announcement of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s retirement: “I want to thank the Attorney General for the years of exemplary public service he has given to the state of North Dakota. He has not only enforced the law…

  • NDGOP Reports “Productive Discussions” from December State Committee Meeting

    NDGOP Reports “Productive Discussions” from December State Committee Meeting

    Pans Few “Protestors” Who “Disenfranchised” Districts BISMARCK — Today, Perrie Schafer, Chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party (“NDGOP”) released the following statement in response to the conclusion of its December State Committee Meeting: “I want to thank the hardworking members of the NDGOP State Committee who took the time before the holidays to form an…

  • BURGUM: Burgum, Dohrmann visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers supporting CBP at U.S.-Mexico border

    BURGUM: Burgum, Dohrmann visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers supporting CBP at U.S.-Mexico border

    NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (DEC. 15, 2021) – Gov. Doug Burgum and the North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, today visited the 125 soldiers from the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company serving along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, getting a first-hand look at their border mission and thanking them for their service in support…