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Former Lawmaker Challenges North Dakota Law on False Political Ads

By Bill Dubensky Nov 7, 2025 | 3:40 AM

Former North Dakota State Rep. Brandon Prichard. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – A former North Dakota state lawmaker is seeking to overturn a state law that makes it a crime to lie or make intentionally misleading statements in political ads.

Brandon Prichard, who represented Bismarck in the Legislature in 2023 and 2024, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s corrupt practices law, claiming that it violates the First Amendment.

The Republican is a controversial figure in North Dakota politics in part for his attacks on incumbent Republican lawmakers.

Prichard says he’s been subjected to multiple investigations under the law, which makes it a class A misdemeanor to knowingly or with “reckless disregard for its truth or falsity” publish something false or misleading about a candidate or ballot measure.

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