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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet the Native American Woman Who Beat the Sponsor of North Dakota's ID Law
and the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota Legislature
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/politics/north-dakota-ruth-buffalo.html
In the end, the Native American tribes of North Dakota could not save their preferred candidate, Senator Heidi Heitkamp, from a double-digit loss. But galvanized by anger over the states voter ID law and aided by the intensive efforts of tribal leaders and advocacy groups, they turned out for last weeks election in numbers unprecedented even for a presidential election, much less a midterm.
In Sioux County, where the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is, turnout was up 105 percent from the last midterm elections in 2014 and 17 percent from the 2016 presidential election, according to data from the North Dakota secretary of states office. In Rolette County, home to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, it was up 62 percent from 2014 and 33 percent from 2016. In Benson County, home to the Spirit Lake Nation, it was up 52 percent from 2014 and 10 percent from 2016.
One of the most striking results of the night, though, came far from the reservations: in a normally Republican district in the Fargo area, where Ruth Buffalo became the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota Legislature. She did it by unseating State Representative Randy Boehning, the primary sponsor of the very voter ID law Native Americans had feared would disenfranchise them.
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Meet the Native American Woman Who Beat the Sponsor of North Dakota's ID Law (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Nov 2018
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Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)1. I wish her well...
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)2. Karma, baby. n/t
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)3. The single, sweetest result of the entire election!
Throw the racist bum out! Bwahaha, asshole!
blue-wave
(4,363 posts)4. Well Good For Her!!
More good news from election night about the republicons getting their comeuppance.
ffr
(22,671 posts)5. Representation that actually represents the diversity of its people.
Love it.
cp
(6,655 posts)6. Congratulations!
Win for her and her constituents.