Bismarck: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects no U.S. Senate seat and no Governor in North Dakota in 2026. U.S. Representative (at-large); Secretary of State, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, Tax Commissioner, Public Service Commissioner (two seats), Superintendent of Public Instruction (unexpired term), Supreme Court; odd-numbered legislative districts incl. District 35 at the City/County Office Building (senator + two representatives); Burleigh County offices. No City of Bismarck office: the city election was held June 9, 2026..

Holding office12
the sitting council
On the ballot10
4 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Bismarck is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): North Dakota's at-large congressional district (whole state) — Julie Fedorchak (Republican)

1

Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Michael Schmitz Elected Mayor Independent City of Bismarck
2

City Commissioner

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Amelia Doll Elected City Commissioner Independent At-Large City of Bismarck
John Risch Elected City Commissioner Independent At-Large City of Bismarck
Matt Hull Elected City Commissioner Independent At-Large City of Bismarck
Michael Connelly Elected City Commissioner Independent At-Large City of Bismarck
3

Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Kelly Armstrong Elected Governor Republican Office of the Governor of North Dakota
4

State Representative — HD-35

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Bob Martinson ✉️ Elected State Representative → Winner 2,897 votes · 27.15% Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Karen Karls ✉️ Elected State Representative → Winner 2,806 votes · 26.3% Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Lynne M Lafer-Halvorson State Representative Concede 2,468 votes · 23.13% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
Taylor Johnson State Representative Concede 2,462 votes · 23.07% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
5

State Senator — SD-35

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Sean Cleary ✉️ Elected State Senator → Winner 3,411 votes · 59.36% Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Dale Pittman State Senator Concede 2,318 votes · 40.34% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
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U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
John Hoeven Elected U.S. Senator Republican @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Kevin Cramer Elected U.S. Senator Republican @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
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U.S. Representative — ND-AL

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Julie Fedorchak Elected U.S. Representative → Winner 134,477 votes · 57.32% Republican U.S. House of Representatives
Charles Tuttle U.S. Representative Concede 9,282 votes · 3.96% Independent North Dakota Secretary of State
Helene Neville U.S. Representative Concede 4,604 votes · 1.96% Independent North Dakota Secretary of State
Trygve Hammer U.S. Representative Concede 85,892 votes · 36.61% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Municipal: Board of City Commissioners — the Mayor (President of the Commission) and four commissioners, all elected city-wide to four-year terms ("Commissioners and the Mayor are elected for four-year terms"), from https://www.bismarcknd.gov/2375/City-Commission and each member's Staff Directory entry, retrieved 2026-10-31; the 2026 roster on /2378/History-of-the-Bismarck-City-Commission agrees (Michael T. Schmitz, President; John Risch; Michael Connelly; Amelia Doll; Matt Hull). No email addresses are printed on the directory pages (contact forms only); office phones not copied. Non-partisan: party null. Bismarck's 2026 city election was on June 9, 2026 (Schmitz re-elected; Doll and Hull elected). Next city election: June 2028 (two commission seats) — inferred, not read from an official calendar.
  • Candidates: North Dakota Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List (vip.sos.nd.gov/candidatelist.aspx?eid=348, ASP.NET form posted with the page's own view state, no login/CAPTCHA), Statewide and Legislative jurisdictions, retrieved 2026-10-31. The list prints mailing addresses (several are home addresses) and phones, and Cloudflare-obfuscated emails — none copied; only campaign websites kept. Party as printed ("Democratic-NPL" → partyShort Democratic; "independent nomination" → Independent). Write-ins skipped.
  • Districts: Census geocoder (robots 404) at the City/County Office Building: ND at-large; 2026 State Senate District 35 / State House District 35. Other legislative districts also cover parts of Bismarck (not grid-sampled this session); only District 35 is recorded. District 35 is odd-numbered and up in 2026; all three sitting members are running again.
  • Sitting members: Fedorchak from house.gov/representatives; Senators Hoeven and Cramer from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov not used). District 35 legislators from ndlegis.gov members-by-district and /biography pages (official @ndlegis.gov emails; photos linked). Governor from governor.nd.gov (party not printed there).
  • Not recorded: Burleigh County offices, Bismarck Public Schools board, Bismarck Parks and Recreation District, judges. standsFor null for everyone.
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Sources

Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.