Rep. Fedorchak Says Republican Brand Never Stronger After Skipping North Dakota Convention

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(North Dakota Monitor) – U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak pushed back against recent actions by the North Dakota Republican Party and signaled her support for the Iran war as she submitted signatures to compete in the June primary.

Fedorchak, a Republican, did not seek the party’s endorsement last weekend, skipping the NDGOP convention along with every other statewide office incumbent.

Delegates at the NDGOP state convention voted to remove the party’s brand from candidates who skipped the endorsing convention, but the action does not change state law, which allows candidates who submit signatures to access the primary ballot and identify their political party.

Fedorchak, a former Public Service Commissioner who worked in the administrations of former Gov. Ed Schafer and Sen. John Hoeven, said she’s spent most of the last 30 years of her professional life trying to build the Republican Party.