Minot: 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 3 at City Hall (senator + two representatives); Ward County offices. No City of Minot office: the city election was held June 9, 2026..

Holding office14
the sitting council
On the ballot10
2 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Minot 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
Mark Jantzer ✉️ Elected Mayor Independent City of Minot
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Council Member

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Eric Locken ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
John MacMartin ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
Mike Blessum ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
Rob Fuller ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
Scott Samuelson ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
Steve Podrygula ✉️ Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Minot
3

Governor

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

State Representative — HD-3

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Jeff Hoverson ✉️ Elected State Representative Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Lori VanWinkle ✉️ Elected State Representative Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Blaine DesLauriers State Representative Winner 2,250 votes · 33.12% Republican North Dakota Secretary of State
Natalie Mclaughlin State Representative Concede 1,148 votes · 16.9% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
Tara Hiatt State Representative Concede 1,125 votes · 16.56% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
Timothy Mihalick State Representative Winner 2,243 votes · 33.02% Republican North Dakota Secretary of State
5

State Senator — SD-3

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Bob Paulson ✉️ Elected State Senator → Winner 2,349 votes · 63.03% Republican North Dakota Legislative Branch
Michael Thiesen State Senator Concede 1,373 votes · 36.84% Democratic North Dakota Secretary of State
6

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: Mayor and six aldermen (all at-large; North Dakota city council, NDCC 40-08) from https://www.minotnd.gov/252/City-Council, retrieved 2026-10-31; official @minotnd.gov emails from each member's Staff Directory entry (Directory.aspx?EID=…); directory pages print phones — not copied. Terms as printed: Jantzer (Mayor), Podrygula (President), MacMartin (Vice-President), Locken June 2026 - June 2030; Blessum, Samuelson June 2024 - June 2028; Fuller November 2024 - June 2028. Council page: "One-half (½) of the elected aldermen shall be elected biennially at the regular city election"; Mayor four-year term from the fourth Tuesday in June. Minot's 2026 city election was the June 9, 2026 primary-day election (already held). Next city election: June 2028 (three aldermen) — inferred from the printed terms, not from an official 2028 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. Other statewide contests are listed in election.elects but not recorded as people.
  • Districts: Census geocoder (robots 404) at City Hall: ND at-large; 2026 State Senate District 3 / State House District 3. Other legislative districts also cover parts of Minot (the city was not grid-sampled this session); only City Hall's District 3 is recorded. District 3 is odd-numbered and up in 2026.
  • Sitting members: Fedorchak from house.gov/representatives (robots allows); Senators Hoeven and Cramer from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov not used). District 3 legislators from ndlegis.gov members-by-district and /biography pages (official @ndlegis.gov emails; photos linked). Rep. Jeff Hoverson and Rep. Lori VanWinkle are not on the 2026 general list for District 3. Governor from governor.nd.gov (party not printed there).
  • Not recorded: Ward County offices, Minot Public Schools board, judges. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read).
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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.