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Ruth Buffalo
Ruth Buffalo (Democratic Party) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 27. She assumed office on December 1, 2018. She left office on December 1, 2022.
Buffalo (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 27. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Buffalo was a 2016 Democratic candidate for insurance commissioner of North Dakota.[1] She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Ruth Buffalo was born and raised in Mandaree, North Dakota. She earned master's degrees in public health, management, and business administration. [2]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Buffalo was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Buffalo was assigned to the following committees:
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 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Greg Stemen and Josh Christy defeated incumbent Ruth Buffalo and Thomas Casler in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Stemen (R)  | 29.0 | 2,703 |
| ✔ |  | Josh Christy (R) | 28.1 | 2,614 |
 | Ruth Buffalo (D) | 24.1 | 2,245 | |
 | Thomas Casler (D) | 18.7 | 1,740 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 9,311 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Buffalo and Thomas Casler advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruth Buffalo | 58.0 | 476 |
| ✔ | | Thomas Casler | 42.0 | 344 |
| Total votes: 820 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Greg Stemen and Josh Christy advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Stemen | 50.1 | 692 |
| ✔ | | Josh Christy | 49.7 | 686 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 1,380 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Beadle and Ruth Buffalo defeated incumbent Randy Boehning and Jon Kitzman in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thomas Beadle (R) | 27.2 | 4,150 |
| ✔ | | Ruth Buffalo (D) | 25.8 | 3,930 |
 | Randy Boehning (R) | 24.5 | 3,741 | |
| Jon Kitzman (D) | 22.4 | 3,425 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 15,261 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Timothy Sizemore (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Ruth Buffalo and Jon Kitzman advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruth Buffalo | 54.4 | 510 |
| ✔ | Jon Kitzman | 45.6 | 428 | |
| Total votes: 938 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)
Incumbent Thomas Beadle and incumbent Randy Boehning advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Thomas Beadle | 50.1 | 550 |
| ✔ | | Randy Boehning | 49.9 | 547 |
| Total votes: 1,097 | |||
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2016
Buffalo ran as a Democrat for North Dakota insurance commissioner in 2016. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary election and faced Jon Godfread (R) and Nick Bata (Lib.) in the November 8 general election.[1]
Jon Godfread defeated Ruth Buffalo and Nick Bata in the North Dakota insurance commissioner election.
| North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jon Godfread |
64.41% | 206,067 | |
| Democratic/Democrat-Nonpartisan League | Ruth Buffalo | 26.79% | 85,696 | |
| Libertarian | Nick Bata | 8.64% | 27,642 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.17% | 534 | ||
| Total Votes | 319,939 | |||
| Source: North Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Ruth Buffalo ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for insurance commissioner.
| Democratic primary for insurance commissioner, 2016 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Ruth Buffalo (unopposed) |
99.86% | 16,647 |
| Write-in votes | 0.14% | 24 |
| Total Votes (432 of 432 precincts reporting) | 16,671 | |
| Source: North Dakota Secretary of State | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016
Buffalo's campaign website stated that as commissioner, she would:
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2022
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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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Candidate List," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Ruth Buffalo, "Meet Ruth Buffalo," accessed June 11, 2016
- ↑ Ruth Buffalo, "The issues," accessed June 11, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
