Candidates discuss issues with ND residents over a warm bowl of soup

March 24, 2026

Democratic candidates John Kelly, Trygve Hammer, and Diane Norris outside the Pekin Community Center to meet with residents to discuss their political goals on Thursday, March 19.

Photo by Mark C. Robinson

PEKIN, N.D. (March 19, 2026) – As the winter season drew to a close on a warm, sunny afternoon at the Pekin Community Center, residents gathered for a get-together, partaking of hot soup and tasty snacks while engaging in civil discussion with three Democratic candidates, one of whom is making a bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, while the others are running for office in…