North Dakota measure campaigns pull in large group donations

Michelle Wagner, left, carries boxes of signed petitions for a proposed ballot measure to make public school breakfasts and lunches free in North Dakota on April 9, 2026, at the Capitol. To her right are Amy Jacobson and Ashley Gaschk, other members of the measure's sponsoring committee. Together for School Meals has reported nearly $1.1 million in monetary support for the measure. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)
Michelle Wagner, left, carries boxes of signed petitions for a proposed ballot measure to make public school breakfasts and lunches free in North Dakota on April 9, 2026, at the Capitol. To her right are Amy Jacobson and Ashley Gaschk, other members of the measure's sponsoring committee. Together for School Meals has reported nearly $1.1 million in monetary support for the measure. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

Millions of dollars from national and in-state groups have gone into campaigns telling North Dakotans how they should vote this fall on whether to make it harder to change the state constitution and provide free meals to school children.

Campaign finance reports recently filed with the secretary of state brought into better focus who is spending money to support or defeat the general election’s two…