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Filing deadline report: No contested primaries in North Dakota

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April 9, 2014

North Dakota

By Garrett Fortin

Bismarck, North Dakota: Six state executive positions are up for election in 2014 in the state of North Dakota: attorney general, secretary of state, tax commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and two seats on the public services commission.

One of the public services commission seats is subject to a special election. The incumbent, Commissioner Julie Fedorchak, is running to fill the remaining two years of the unexpired term.

The primary election is scheduled for June 10, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. South Carolina utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. Voters must take an oath affirming that they have not voted in another party's primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

All six incumbents are running. They are:

On Monday, April 7, the filing period came to a close. The following list of candidates is current as of April 9, 2014.

A total of 14 candidates filed for the 6 offices - 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats and 2 Libertarians.

Attorney General

Secretary of State

Commissioner of Agriculture

Tax Commissioner

Public Service Commissioner

Public Service Commissioner Special

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