Todd Porter
1998 - Present
2028
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Todd Porter (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 34. He assumed office in 1998. His current term ends on December 1, 2028.
Porter (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 34. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Porter completed the Century College Parademic Program and the American Ambulance Association Management program. His professional experience includes working as a paramedic and co-owner of Metro Area Ambulance Service, Incorporated.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Porter was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Porter was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Porter 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 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources, Chair |
| • Human Services |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Porter served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources, Chairman |
| • Human Services |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Porter served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources |
| • Human Services |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Porter served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources |
| • Human Services |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Porter served on the following committee:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Energy and Natural Resources |
| • Human Services |
Issues
Conservation projects
In January 2014, Porter introduced legislation to create the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a $30 million biennium program to use oil tax revenue for conservation projects overseen by Governor Jack Dalrymple (R). Unexpectedly, the fund’s board received numerous requests to fund full-time employees of conservation groups, a development that surprised Porter. Porter stated that part of the motivation for the change is conservation groups wanting their operations funded by tax dollars. “The ones that really surprised me were the research and development requests from the universities,” he said. “I don’t think that we ever intended the fund to be used for those.”[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Todd Porter and incumbent Nathan P. Toman won election in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Todd Porter (R) | 51.6 | 5,573 |
| ✔ |  | Nathan P. Toman (R) | 47.2 | 5,103 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 129 | ||
| Total votes: 10,805 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Nathan P. Toman and incumbent Todd Porter defeated David Villafana in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan P. Toman | 43.1 | 1,777 |
| ✔ | | Todd Porter | 39.2 | 1,616 |
 | David Villafana | 17.5 | 722 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 4,124 | |||
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Endorsements
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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 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Todd Porter and incumbent Nathan P. Toman defeated Joshua Johnson and Bernie Parkhurst in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Porter (R) | 36.7 | 5,520 |
| ✔ | | Nathan P. Toman (R) | 35.9 | 5,397 |
| Joshua Johnson (D) | 14.3 | 2,157 | ||
| Bernie Parkhurst (D) | 13.0 | 1,962 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 15,050 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 (2 seats)
Joshua Johnson and Bernie Parkhurst advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Johnson | 50.7 | 675 | |
| ✔ | Bernie Parkhurst | 49.2 | 656 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,332 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 (2 seats)
Incumbent Todd Porter and incumbent Nathan P. Toman advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Porter | 51.3 | 2,140 |
| ✔ | | Nathan P. Toman | 48.5 | 2,024 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 4,175 | |||
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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 Todd Porter and incumbent Nathan Toman defeated Bernie Parkhurst and Jessica Petrick in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 general election.[3][4]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 34 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Todd Porter Incumbent |
35.84% | 4,848 | |
| Republican | Nathan Toman Incumbent |
33.52% | 4,534 | |
| Democratic | Bernie Parkhurst | 12.02% | 1,626 | |
| Democratic | Jessica Petrick | 18.61% | 2,517 | |
| Total Votes | 13,525 | |||
| Source: North Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Bernie Parkhurst and Jessica Petrick were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Bernie Parkhurst | |
| Democratic | Jessica Petrick | |
Incumbent Todd Porter and incumbent Nathan Toman were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 Republican primary.[5][6]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 34 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Todd Porter Incumbent | |
| Republican | Nathan Toman Incumbent | |
2012
Porter ran in the 2012 election for North Dakota State House District 34. Porter and candidate Nathan P. Toman defeated incumbent Rae Ann Kelsch in the Republican primary on June 12. They went on to defeat Lori Furaus (D) and Sid Kadrmas (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Todd Porter Incumbent |
32.7% | 3,954 | |
| Republican | Nathan Toman |
29.7% | 3,594 | |
| Democratic | Lori Furaus | 20.5% | 2,483 | |
| Democratic | Sid Kadrmas | 17.1% | 2,071 | |
| Total Votes | 12,102 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Todd K. Porter Incumbent |
44.7% | 1,916 |
| Nathan P. Toman |
35.7% | 1,529 |
| Rae Ann Kelsch Incumbent | 19.6% | 839 |
| Total Votes | 4,284 | |
2008
On November 4, 2008, Porter won election by finishing 2nd out of 4 candidates for District 34 of the North Dakota House of Representatives.[9]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 34 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Rae Ann Kelsch (R)
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3,929 | |||
| Todd Porter (R)
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3,912 | |||
| Rob Tausend (D-NPL) | 3,090 | |||
| Brent Veil (D-NPL) | 2,792 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
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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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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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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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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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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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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.[10]
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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.[11] Porter received a score of 44.58% on policy legislation and voted against % of state spending. Porter was ranked 13.94 on policy and 15th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[12]
Personal
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Porter and his wife, Shirley, have two children. They currently reside in Mandan, North Dakota.[1]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Project Smart Vote, "Biography of Rep. Porter," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ WatchDog.org, "ND lawmaker: Conservation group requests outside intent of Outdoor Heritage Fund," January 16, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 14, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 General Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2008 General Election Results," accessed May 22, 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
