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Michael D. Brandenburg
Republican Party
North Dakota House of Representatives District 28
Tenure
2004 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
22
Prior offices:
North Dakota House of Representatives District 26
Years in office: 1996 - 2002
Compensation
Base salary
$592/month
Per diem
$213/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
High school
Edgeley High School
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Military National Guard
Personal
Religion
Christian: Lutheran
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook

Michael D. Brandenburg (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 28. He assumed office in 2004. His current term ends on December 1, 2028.

Brandenburg (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Brandenburg received a diploma from Edgeley High School. His professional experience includes working as a farmer. He served in the North Dakota National Guard as a Master Sergeant and provided instruction at the Regional Training Institute. He also served as a Nora Township Supervisor.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Brandenburg was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Brandenburg was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Brandenburg was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Brandenburg served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Brandenburg served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brandenburg served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Brandenburg served on the following committee:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg and incumbent Jim Grueneich defeated Mary Schlosser and Sara Dux in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Michael D. Brandenburg (R)
 
38.9
 
6,319
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Jim Grueneich (R)
 
36.2
 
5,884
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Mary Schlosser (D)
 
13.3
 
2,163
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Sara Dux (D)
 
11.5
 
1,864
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
32

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,262
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Mary Schlosser and Sara Dux advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Mary Schlosser
 
53.3
 
573
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Sara Dux
 
46.4
 
499
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
4

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,076
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg and incumbent Jim Grueneich advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Michael D. Brandenburg
 
51.4
 
2,667
✔
Image of Jim Grueneich
Jim Grueneich
 
47.7
 
2,475
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
51

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,193
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg and Jim Grueneich defeated Sharon Ulmer in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Michael D. Brandenburg (R)
 
43.4
 
4,758
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Image of Jim Grueneich
Jim Grueneich (R)
 
38.8
 
4,253
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Sharon Ulmer (D)
 
16.7
 
1,834
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
128

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,973
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Sharon Ulmer advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 14, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Sharon Ulmer
 
99.1
 
536
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
5

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 541
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg and Jim Grueneich defeated Josh Loegering, Darcy Meier, and Sam Leppert in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 14, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Michael D. Brandenburg
 
32.9
 
2,185
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Jim Grueneich
 
26.2
 
1,741
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Josh Loegering
 
18.8
 
1,250
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Darcy Meier
 
16.9
 
1,123
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Sam Leppert
 
5.1
 
338
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,638
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2020

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jeffery Magrum and incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg defeated Rebecca Phillips in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Jeffery Magrum (R)
 
43.8
 
5,410
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Michael D. Brandenburg (R)
 
41.8
 
5,159
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Rebecca Phillips (D)
 
13.6
 
1,684
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
85

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,338
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Rebecca Phillips advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
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Rebecca Phillips
 
97.9
 
376
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.1
 
8

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 384
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael D. Brandenburg and incumbent Jeffery Magrum defeated Jim Grueneich in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Michael D. Brandenburg
 
36.6
 
2,572
✔
Image of Jeffery Magrum
Jeffery Magrum
 
34.9
 
2,456
Image of Jim Grueneich
Jim Grueneich
 
27.7
 
1,947
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
60

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,035
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2016

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 11, 2016.

Incumbent Michael Don Brandenburg and Jeffery Magrum were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 general election.[2][3]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 28 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael Don Brandenburg Incumbent 49.23% 5,130
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeffery Magrum 50.77% 5,290
Total Votes 10,420
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State


Incumbent Michael Don Brandenburg and Jeffery Magrum defeated incumbent William Kretschmar and Barton Schott in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 Republican primary.[4][5]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 28 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michael Don Brandenburg Incumbent 31.46% 2,148
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeffery Magrum 33.06% 2,257
     Republican William Kretschmar Incumbent 17.72% 1,210
     Republican Barton Schott 17.75% 1,212
Total Votes 6,827

2012

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Brandenburg won re-election in the 2012 election for North Dakota House District 28. Brandenburg and fellow incumbent William Kretschmar defeated Jeffery J. Magrum and Barton Schott in the Republican primary on June 12. According to unofficial election night results, Kretschmar led Magrum by 13 votes. This slim lead triggered an automatic recount. Official results showed Kretschmar with a nine vote lead over Magrum. They defeated Joan Hoffman (D) and Austin Wald (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 28 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Don Brandenburg Incumbent 33.1% 4,448
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Kretschmar Incumbent 29.9% 4,014
     Democratic Austin Wald 19.1% 2,568
     Democratic Joan Hoffman 17.9% 2,403
Total Votes 13,433
North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Don Brandenburg Incumbent 33.4% 2,051
Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Kretschmar Incumbent 23.9% 1,468
Jeffery J. Magrum 23.8% 1,459
Barton Schott 18.9% 1,162
Total Votes 6,140

2008

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Brandenburg won election by finishing 1st out of 4 candidates for District 28 of the North Dakota House of Representatives.[8]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 28
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Michael Don Brandenburg (R) 3,548
Green check mark transparent.png William Kretschmar (R) 3,111
Kristen Vetter (D-NPL) 3,023
Isadore Gross (D-NPL) 2,598

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Michael D. Brandenburg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Michael D. Brandenburg did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Michael D. Brandenburg campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024North Dakota House of Representatives District 28Won general$35,100 $0
2022North Dakota House of Representatives District 28Won general$46,805 $0
2020North Dakota House of Representatives District 28Won general$70,633 N/A**
2016North Dakota House of Representatives, District 28Won $14,820 N/A**
2012North Dakota State House, District 28Won $6,100 N/A**
2008North Dakota State House, District 28Won $3,892 N/A**
2004North Dakota State House, District 28Won $2,902 N/A**
2000North Dakota State House, District 26Won $3,850 N/A**
1998North Dakota State House, District 26Won $1,685 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Smart Vote, "Biography of Rep. Brandenburg," accessed May 23, 2014
    2. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
    3. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
    4. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 13, 2016
    5. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 14, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
    6. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
    7. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 General Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
    8. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2008 General Election Results," accessed May 22, 2014


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