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Fargo State Lawmaker Hospitalized, Not Expected to Return for Session

By Bill Dubensky Apr 25, 2025 | 6:22 AM

 Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, is not expected to return to the Legislature during the closing weeks of the 2025 session after being hospitalized .

Kasper represents District 46, elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 2000. He won reelection in 2024 with 27% of the vote.

Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, visited Kasper in a Bismarck hospital. Kasper’s condition required surgery on Wednesday, Ruby said.

“He’s going to have to get a lot of rest and then work to get some of his strength back,” Ruby said. “It’s a situation where he won’t be back for session.”

Kasper was replaced on a conference committee for House Bill 1298, dealing with a potential increase to the interstate speed limit to 80 mph, with Rep. Ty Dressler, R-Richardton.

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