2024-04-25 12:39:31
GRAND FORKS – North Dakota doesn’t need a representative who adds to the drama in the U.S. House of Representatives, says Public Service Commissioner and U.S. House candidate Julie Fedorchak.
“I think what people are hungry for is leadership, and they crave strong leadership in the state and in Washington,” Fedorchak said. “I don’t tolerate drama and gamesmanship; there is too much of that in Washington, DC, and the last thing North Dakota needs to do is send another person to Washington who is going to incite and add to that drama.”
Fedorchak is one of five candidates
running for the Republican nomination for the state’s only seat in the US House. She currently serves on the state’s Public Service Commission, which oversees the state’s utilities, railroads and pipelines. Among the candidates in the Republican primary, she is the candidate who most recently won statewide office and won a third term on the Public Service Commission in 2022.
“I feel like I stand out as the primary candidate who has a consistent and long record of serving North Dakotans both in business and in public service and delivering conservative results,” Fedorchak said. “Through my tenure on the Public Service Commission, I have been a leader in ensuring that we have the infrastructure needed to support the industry that creates 60,000 jobs for North Dakota citizens and more than half of the state’s budget revenue contribute.”
Fedorchak won more than 70% of the vote against her Democratic-NPL opponent Melanie Moniz in 2022, and has consistently won at least 65% of the vote in the past three elections for her commission seat.
She says that would translate well into a leader on key issues, such as national security.
“What’s going on at the border is just in the news all the time, and it needs to be fixed,” Fedorchak said. She continued by saying that securing energy and the national grid is also an important part of national security.
“Maintaining a reliable network to serve us and serve our needs is absolutely essential to our safety in our communities and our homes,” Fedorchak said. “Energy security is a key piece of national security and I will be a very strong leader in that regard in Congress.”
Fedorchak also supports a national “floor” on abortion where the procedure would be illegal after 12 to 22 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for the health of the mother. She also wants states to have the ability to be more restrictive if a state chooses.
“I think our biggest challenge as a pro-life leader is to get the focus back on promoting a culture of life and supporting moms and families,” Fedorchak said. “I don’t know many people who think abortion is a good thing, so let’s work together to reduce abortion and reduce the incidence of unwanted pregnancies and to support women and men in choosing life.”
Abortion has been illegal in North Dakota since the US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade overturned in 2022. North Dakota’s only clinic — formerly in Fargo — moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, where abortion is protected under the state constitution and in state law.
Fedorchak said she also heard from many people that they were frustrated with the “woke” agenda.
“We know in North Dakota that boys shouldn’t be playing girls’ sports, we know that the police are the good guys, they’re not the bad guys,” Fedorchak said. “The government must get out of the way of parents and let parents grow older. No one had a better interest in their children than the parents.”
Voigt covers city government in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
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