On Saturday, each of North Dakota’s two largest cities held district conventions in preparation for the state convention. Trygve Hammer, who ran for Congress in 2024, is seeking the seat once again. Hammer spoke at the Bismarck-Mandan district convention, telling a packed auditorium, “We have no voice in Congress.” Hammer said. “We deserve better, our military families deserve better.”

Two Democrats are competing for their party’s endorsement in North Dakota’s U.S. House race, a change from recent cycles where the nominee was often effectively decided early.

Character matters, Trygve Hammer of Minot told a Souris Valley Dem-NPL gathering Monday, Jan. 19, in a celebration of the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. in Minot.

Democrat Trygve Hammer announced Monday he plans to run for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat for a second time.

Trygve Hammer is a retired Marine Corps officer and a veteran of the Global War on Terror. In his civilian life, he taught 7-12 grade science in a rural school, worked on oil rigs in the Bakken, as a freight rail conductor, and as a counselor for Job Corps in Minot.