Will Thompson (North Dakota)

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Will Thompson

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Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Will Thompson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 46. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Thompson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Elections

2024

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 (2 seats)

Incumbent James Kasper and Desiree Morton defeated Todd Reisenauer and Will Thompson in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Kasper (R)	27.0	4,634
✔		Desiree Morton (R)	26.0	4,464
	Submit photo	Todd Reisenauer (D)	23.6	4,042
		Will Thompson (D)	23.1	3,960
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	42

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,142
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 (2 seats)

Todd Reisenauer and Will Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Todd Reisenauer	51.1	628
✔		Will Thompson	48.8	599
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,228
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 (2 seats)

Incumbent James Kasper and Desiree Morton advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Kasper	53.2	1,360
✔		Desiree Morton	45.1	1,153
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	41

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,554
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Pledges

Thompson signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Incumbent Michael Howe and incumbent Brandy Pyle defeated Jodi Meisch and Will Thompson in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Howe (R)	34.3	6,824
✔		Brandy Pyle (R)	34.1	6,780
		Jodi Meisch (D)	17.1	3,414
		Will Thompson (D)	14.5	2,881
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	11

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,910
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Jodi Meisch and Will Thompson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jodi Meisch	51.5	886
✔		Will Thompson	42.5	731
		Other/Write-in votes	6.1	105

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,722
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Incumbent Brandy Pyle and incumbent Michael Howe advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brandy Pyle	49.2	1,802
✔		Michael Howe	48.6	1,779
		Other/Write-in votes	2.2	81

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,662
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

Will Thompson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thompson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Will Thompson and I studied Studies in Cinema and Media Culture, Creative Writing and Theatre Arts at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Funding for Mental health resource
• Township/City Rights
• Fighting for Workers Rights

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I'm passionate about mental health. Mental health resources have been underfunded historically in this state and and i am passionate about getting the proper funding so that the quantity and access to mental health resources is adequate in the state of North Dakota. I am also an advocate for Township/City rights, as I feel many decisions can be made at the local level, not the state level.

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Campaign finance summary

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Will Thompson campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	North Dakota House of Representatives District 46	Lost general	$12,380	$0
2020	North Dakota House of Representatives District 22	Lost general	$8,671	N/A**
Grand total			$21,051	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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

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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