Attorney General — North Dakota
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What this office is
The Attorney General of North Dakota is the state’s lawyer. One office. The whole state. The term is four years. The next regular election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Confirm the clock, and the Attorney General of record, on official North Dakota sites. This office has no term limit — that is a clock fact, not a crown.
This is not the Governor. North Dakota’s Governor clock is not on 2026. This is not a United States Attorney. This is not a state’s attorney. This office is the lawyer for North Dakota.
Bismarck is the capital, in Burleigh County, on the Missouri. Fargo is the largest city. Fargo is not the capital. Fifty-three counties hire the same Attorney General — the Red River Valley, the prairie, the badlands, and the oil country included. One at-large U.S. House seat does not split this office.
This page is Side One. For this cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the Attorney General of record on attorneygeneral.nd.gov.
How the job fits this community
The inbox is a state inbox: a capital file from Bismarck that is not Fargo as the whole map, a Red River Valley consumer file, a prairie county that never makes a national broadcast, a badlands-and-energy file, and a public-integrity file that is not a county state’s attorney’s docket.
Staff who only know Fargo, or only know Bismarck as the whole state, are not doing the job. Minnesota is a different state. South Dakota is a different state. Montana is a different state. Canada is not this map. The prairie remains North Dakota.
What the job entails
- Represent the state. Not a legislator. Not the Governor.
- Opinions where North Dakota law actually gives them.
- Civil and criminal matters the constitution and statutes actually assign — not every county case.
- Consumer and public-integrity files that are state files.
- Two homes. Bismarck for the job. The rest of the state for the people who hired the office.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: North Dakota · Office: Attorney General
- Next regular election: 3 November 2026
- Always verify on attorneygeneral.nd.gov
What this is not
- Not the Governor. Not a U.S. Attorney. Not a state’s attorney.
- Not a United States Senator. North Dakota has no 2026 Senate race (Class I next 2030, Class III next 2028).
- Not the Mayor of Fargo. Not the Mayor of Bismarck.
- Not a campaign flyer.
Official doors
- Office of the Attorney General
- North Dakota Secretary of State — Elections
- Office of the Attorney General of North Dakota