Kirsten Baesler speaks to delegates during the 2024 NDGOP Convention at the Sanford Athletic Complex in Fargo on April 5, 2024. Baesler is running for reelection as the state’s superintendent. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
Democratic-NPL candidates Trygve Hammer, left, and Katrina Christiansen listen to speakers at the party’s convention in Fargo on April 5, 2024. Hammer is running for U.S. House; Christiansen for U.S. Senate. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)
Rep. Kelly Armstrong speaks on the floor of the 2024 NDGOP Convention at the Sanford Athletic Complex in Fargo on April 5, 2024. Armstrong is running for governor of the North Dakota. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
By Amy Dalrymple, Jeff Beach, and Michael Achterling | North Dakota Monitor dent against Sen. John Hoeven in 2022.
Becker said his supporters felt “disenfranchised” and he encouraged them to write in his name, which “spoiled” the ballots under party rules. In the first vote, more than 380 votes were spoiled and no one received the endorsement.
The North Dakota Republican Party concluded its endorsin…