Shawn Kessel

Shawn Kessel

Republican Party

Candidate, North Dakota House of Representatives District 27

Elections and appointments

Next election

June 9, 2026

Shawn Kessel (Republican Party) is running for election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 27. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 9, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 9, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Republican primary

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent Greg Stemen (R) and Shawn Kessel (R) are running in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 27 on June 9, 2026.

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2026

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Weisz

Majority Leader:Mike Lefor

Minority Leader:Zac Ista

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Lori VanWinkle (R)

District 4A

Lisa Finley-DeVille (D)

District 4B

Clayton Fegley (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Dan Vollmer (R)

District 7

Jason Dockter (R)

Matthew Heilman (R)

District 8

Mike Berg (R)

SuAnn Olson (R)

District 9

Collette Brown (D)

Jayme Davis (D)

District 10

Jared Hendrix (R)

Steve Swiontek (R)

District 11

Liz Conmy (D)

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Jim Jonas (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Kathy Frelich (R)

Donna Henderson (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Landon Bahl (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Nels Christianson (R)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Karen Anderson (R)

David Monson (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

Jared Hagert (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Brandy Pyle (R)

Jonathan Warrey (R)

District 23

Dennis Nehring (R)

Nico Rios (R)

District 24

Daniel Johnston (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Kathy Skroch (R)

District 26

Roger Maki (R)

Kelby Timmons (R)

District 27

Timothy Brown (R)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jim Grueneich (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Dawson Holle (R)

Karen Rohr (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Anna Novak (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Ty Dressler (R)

Dori Hauck (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Dan Ruby (R)

Christina Wolff (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 40

Macy Bolinske (R)

Matthew Ruby (R)

District 41

Karen Grindberg (R)

Jorin Johnson (R)

District 42

Dustin McNally (R)

Doug Osowski (R)

District 43

Zac Ista (D)

Eric Murphy (R)

District 44

Austin Foss (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Carrie McLeod (R)

Scott Wagner (R)

District 46

James Kasper (R)

Desiree Morton (R)

District 47

Lawrence Klemin (R)

Mike Motschenbacher (R)

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