Happy autumn everyone! Wendy is in Minot today for one of our Fall Frontline Seminars and informed me it was snowing. Goodness gracious! It’s the first week of October only. I don’t think I’m quite ready for the cold but the forecast seems to be screaming at me to get ready. I think Mother Nature wins this one. Again!
Of course, it’s also the political season in North Dakota with mid-term elections just a month away and the 66th Assembly of the North Dakota Legislature exactly three months from today. At the federal level, all eyes are on the North Dakota Senate race with Congressman Cramer challenging Senator Heitkamp for that coveted seat. As you know by the deluge of ads, a boatload of money is being spent by the national parties, the campaigns themselves and other special interest groups on this particular race. It’s a tight race and will play significantly into which party comes out of this election with a majority in the Senate when the election dust clears.
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