Plain Talk: Democratic legislative candidates talk about campaigning in rural North Dakota

Opinion by Rob Port

September 22, 2020 at 11:34 PM

Jodi Meisch and Will Thompson are two Democrats in North Dakota's 22nd legislative district.

They are hoping to unseat to Republican incumbents, Rep. Brandy Pyle and Rep. Michael Howe, who are just finishing their first term in office after fist being elected in 2016.

I'm not sure the last time District 22 sent a Democrat to Bismarck. The archive available on the state Legislature's website only has records going back to 1997, when former Gov. Jack Dalrymple served from that district.

On this episode of Plain Talk, Will and Jodi talk about the issues that are important to them, both big and small.

We also delve into the complicated policy problems presented by property taxes and local control, as well as the difficulties inherent to campaigning as a Democrat in a state, and legislative district, that has come to view that political party suspiciously.

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Rob Port, founder of SayAnythingBlog.com, is a Forum Communications commentator. Reach him on Twitter at @robport or via email at rport@forumcomm.com .

Opinion by Rob Port

Rob Port is a news reporter, columnist, and podcast host for the Forum News Service. He has an extensive background in investigations and public records. He has covered political events in North Dakota and the upper Midwest for two decades. Reach him at rport@forumcomm.com. Click here to subscribe to his Plain Talk podcast.