North Dakota State Representative District 37 Choose 2
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Biographical Information
What are your top priorities?
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How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
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How would you address the housing needs of the state?
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What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
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What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
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What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
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Biographical Information
Endorsements
Gov. Armstrong, Rep. Lefor, Nic Stevenson, Shannon Halvorson, Nick Grant, Jodi Bosch
Website
http://Klauzerfornd.com
What are your top priorities?
Tax Relief, Energy and Ag, Workforce Development, and Criminal Justice Reform
How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
Recent successful efforts to secure $199 million for the first year of North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program—a five-year initiative with potential for nearly $1 billion total is the right direction. This targets key drivers of cost: strengthening the rural workforce to reduce shortages, promoting preventive care and healthy lifestyles to lower chronic disease rates, expanding telehealth and mobile services to bring care closer to home, and using data and technology efficiency.
How would you address the housing needs of the state?
Promotion and revisiting legislation from last sessions HOME (Housing for opportunity, mobility, and empowerment) proposal. The HOME plan gives localities flexible funding and uses buy-in match funding. No top-down mandates—local leaders decide how to best solve their unique housing challenges. Pass throughs to ensure property owners receive relief.
What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
I support choices for schools, accountability measures, and fiscally responsible reforms that enhance the entire K-12 ecosystem without undermining our public schools. Approximately 90% of our students attend public schools. Our focus must be on quality educators, innovation (i .e. career tech opportunities) , parental empowerment, and ensuring every student in District 37 and across North Dakota has access to a high-quality education.
What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
North Dakota’s voting system is among the strongest and most accessible in the nation, striking a balance between ease of voting and election integrity. I support maintaining and strengthening North Dakota’s proven model. I would reject federal overreach on this matter that could undermine this.
What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
The U.S. Constitution establishes a federal system where the national government has enumerated powers, and all other authority is reserved to the states and the people. I support cooperative federalism where the federal government partners with states rather than dictates to them. In the legislature, I will back resolutions and legislation affirming states’ rights and prioritize practical solutions that keep decision-making close to localities.
Biographical Information
Endorsements
Badlands Realtors
Website
http://www.shelleylenznd.com
Campaign Email
info@shelleylenznd.com
Campaign Phone Number
701-354-3907
What are your top priorities?
As a veterinarian & small business owner in western North Dakota, my top priorities are workforce development, healthcare affordability, and quality education.
I support expanding Career & Technical Education connecting students to careers, and investing in school infrastructure and the teachers who make it work.
For healthcare, I'm focused on the people in between — doing everything right but still can't afford to get sick: small business owners, farmers/ranchers, self-employed families.
How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
North Dakota's reinsurance has worked since 2019 - I'll protect it and explore extending it to small-business group plans, where one illness can spike costs for everyone.
I'm also exploring an income-scaled Legacy Fund bridge for North Dakotans facing high premiums before Medicare, expanding awareness of ICHRAs so small businesses can use tools that already exist, and pushing the Insurance Department to track coverage loss before it becomes a crisis.
How would you address the housing needs of the state?
ND has a workforce housing crisis - workers can't stay where housing costs outpace wages.
My approach: reduce the cost of building by reviewing regulations that add cost without improving safety; expand financing through the Bank of North Dakota and Housing Incentive Fund; create down-payment pathways for working families; and tie some economic development incentives to local housing commitments.
Housing is economic infrastructure. If we want to attract workers, grow businesses, and keep young
What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
I don't support voucher programs that divert public funds away from public schools.
However, I strongly support making publicly funded educational infrastructure accessible to all students, including homeschool & non-public school students. Programs like SWCTE are major public investments in workforce development. Every student who gains skills through them strengthens ND's economy &communities.
Public investments built for workforce and community outcomes should benefit the the broader public
What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
Having served as a ND election official, I have seen firsthand that our system is secure, fair, & accessible.
ND’s unique approach — no voter registration combined with strong voter ID verification — helps balance voter access with election integrity. Voters can cast ballots in person, through early voting where available, or by absentee ballot.
I support maintaining & expanding reasonable voter access while preserving the public trust that makes ND’s election system respected nationally.
What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
ND has a strong tradition of local problem-solving. I believe states should have flexibility to address the unique needs of their residents.
States’ rights must always be balanced w/ individual rights & equal access to opportunity. Whether the issue is healthcare, education, or emerging technologies like AI, government at every level should remain accountable to the people most affected by its decisions.
The goal is practical governance protecting both local control & individual freedom
Biographical Information
Endorsements
ND Family Alliance
Website
http://www.Vickysteiner.com
What are your top priorities?
Continued tax relief, quality education, safe communities
How would you ensure that North Dakotans’ healthcare costs are affordable?
Encourage competition.
How would you address the housing needs of the state?
Remove unnecessary regulations
What is your position on allowing public funds to be directed to non-public education?
All taxpayers contribute to the funding of education. Students and parents should have choices as to what works best for them.
What are your views on the current voting methods and access to voting in North Dakota?
ND voters have access. If someone has an obstacle, they may contact me or the North Dakota Secretary of state’s office. The ND SOS handle our elections.
What is the role of the federal government regarding states’ rights, and are there currently any areas where you believe there is an imbalance?
States rights serve an important purpose.