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Karen Rohr
2010 - Present
2026
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Karen Rohr (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 31. She assumed office on December 1, 2010. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Rohr (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 31. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Rohr earned her B.S. in nursing from the University of Mary, her M.S. in nursing and nursing administration from the University of Mary and her Ph.D. in Nursing Research from the University of North Dakota. Her professional experience includes working as a nurse practitioner, as a project coordinator and as the Bioethics and Clinical Research Director at Medcenter One.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Rohr was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Rohr was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Rohr was assigned to the following committees:
- House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- House Human Services Committee, Vice chair
- House Ethics Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs |
| • Human Services, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Rohr served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Education |
| • Government and Veterans Affairs, Vice Chairman |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Rohr served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs |
| • Education |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rohr served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs |
| • Education |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karen Rohr and Dawson Holle defeated Mike Faith in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Rohr (R) | 42.0 | 3,374 |
| ✔ |  | Dawson Holle (R)  | 40.6 | 3,264 |
 | Mike Faith (D) | 16.9 | 1,360 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 8,031 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Mike Faith advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Faith | 96.8 | 299 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.2 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 309 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Dawson Holle and incumbent Karen Rohr defeated incumbent James Schmidt in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawson Holle | 33.9 | 1,055 |
| ✔ | | Karen Rohr | 33.8 | 1,049 |
 | James Schmidt | 32.1 | 997 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 3,108 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karen Rohr and incumbent James Schmidt won election in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Rohr (R) | 49.1 | 4,578 |
| ✔ | | James Schmidt (R) | 48.8 | 4,547 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 191 | ||
| Total votes: 9,316 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Johnson (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Joshua Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Johnson | 100.0 | 525 | |
| Total votes: 525 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karen Rohr and incumbent James Schmidt advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 31 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Rohr | 51.0 | 1,159 |
| ✔ | | James Schmidt | 49.0 | 1,115 |
| Total votes: 2,274 | |||
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2014
Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014. Incumbent James Schmidt and incumbent Karen Rohr were unopposed in the Republican primary, while LaDonna Allard and Mike Faith were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Schmidt and Rohr defeated Allard and Faith in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Karen Rohr Incumbent |
34.4% | 3,396 | |
| Republican | James Schmidt Incumbent |
33.3% | 3,280 | |
| Democratic | Mike Faith | 16.8% | 1,661 | |
| Democratic | LaDonna Allard | 15.4% | 1,523 | |
| Total Votes | 9,860 | |||
2010
Rohr won election to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the November 2 general election. Rohr and James Schmidt (R) defeated incumbent James Kerzman (D) and Chad Harrison (D).[5][6]
| North Dakota State House, District 31 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Karen Rohr (R)
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2,523 | |||
| James Schmidt (R)
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2,434 | |||
| James Kerzman (D) | 1,967 | |||
| Chad Harrison (D) | 1,578 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the North Dakota State Legislature was not in session. |
2021
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In 2021, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 29.
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2020
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In 2020, the North Dakota State Legislature was not in session. |
2019
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In 2019, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 26.
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2018
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In 2018, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the 65th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 27.
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2016
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In 2016, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2015
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In 2015, the 64th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 6 through April 29.
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2014
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In 2014, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2013
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In 2013, the 63rd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 8 to May 4.
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2012
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In 2012, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2011
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In 2011, the 62nd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in regular session from January 4 through April 28. A special session was called by Governor Jack Dalrymple from November 7 through 12 to cover legislative redistricting and disaster relief.[7]
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NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review
The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[8] Rohr received a score of 77.78% on policy legislation and voted against 41.44% of state spending. Rohr was ranked 17th on policy and 4th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[9]
Noteworthy events
Law enforcement drones
On January 21, 2013, Rohr, fellow Representatives Rick Becker, Dick Anderson, Thomas Beadle, Joe Heilman, Curt Hofstad, David Monson, Nathan Toman and Ben Hanson, and Senator Margaret Sitte introduced HB 1373 to restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) by law enforcement agencies. This bill would have required agencies to receive a court warrant for any drone use, and such warrants would have only be obtainable for felony investigations. Exceptions would be made for drones used to patrol the Canadian border, aid law enforcement agencies where there is "reasonable suspicion" that quick action is necessary and evaluate damage during and after natural disasters. HB 1373 would have also allowed people injured by governmental violation of these restrictions to sue the offending law enforcement agencies. The bill would have expressly prohibited surveillance by drones with lethal or non-lethal weapons, private surveillance of other private parties without informed consent and surveillance of people exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly.[10][11] On January 28, the Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the bill.[12] The bill passed the House of Representatives on February 22 and was sent to the state Senate. The bill died in the state Senate.[13]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Bismark Tribune, "District 31 House of Representatives Karen Rohr," August 26, 2010
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 9, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2010 General Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "N.D. House leader: Special session starts Nov. 7," accessed September 15, 2011
- ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "The North Dakota Legislative Review - 2011," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "2011 North Dakota Legislative Review Rankings," accessed January 26, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly, "Text of HB 1373," accessed May 22, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "North Dakota lawmaker wants limits on drone use," January 6, 2013
- ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly, "Bill Actions for HB 1373," accessed May 22, 2014
- ↑ legiscan.com, "North Dakota House Bill 1373," accessed June 4, 2015
