This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in North Dakota was April 8, 2024.

Seven candidates are running for North Dakota’s one U.S. House district, including two Democrats and five Republicans. That’s more than in the previous three election cycles. Two candidates ran in 2022, three candidates ran in 2020, and five ran in 2018.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• The number of candidates running for the U.S. House in North Dakota in 2024 is also higher than any other year this decade.

• North Dakota’s At-Large Congressional District is open this year for the second time this decade.
• Incumbent Kelly Armstrong (R) is not running for re-election in order to run for Governor of North Dakota. He was first elected in 2018 after Kevin Cramer (R) retired to run for the U.S. Senate. 
• The Democratic and Republican primaries are both contested this year. One primary was contested in 2020 and 2018, respectively. No primaries were contested in 2022, 2016, and 2014.
• Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries, meaning the seat is not guaranteed to either party.

North Dakota and three other states—Maine, Nevada, and South Carolina—are holding primaries on June 11.

In North Dakota, the winner of the primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, even if they do not win an outright majority of votes cast.