Retired teacher to run for North Dakota House seat held by legislator who died in plane crash
FARGO — A Fargo Democrat will run as an independent for one of two North Dakota House seats in District 11, including one once held by a politician who died in a plane crash this spring. Retired teacher Cara Cody-Braun announced Monday, Aug. 31, that she had enough signatures to run for the District 11 office. The district covers a part of east-central Fargo that mostly lies between Interstate 94 and 13th Avenue South, as well as from Interstate 29 to the Red River. “I am running because our district has a history of sending good people to the Legislature, and I want to be part of that legacy,” Cody-Braun said in a statement. “I want to represent the needs of my Fargo neighbors and advocate for working families all across our great state.” Cody-Braun is running for one of two House seats in the district and will face North Dakota State University professor Anastassiya “Stass” Andrianova, a Democrat, and Doug Sharbono, District 11 Republican chairman. The other elected official, Rep.
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FARGO — A Fargo Democrat will run as an independent for one of two North Dakota House seats in District 11, including one once held by a politician who died in a plane crash this spring. Retired teacher Cara Cody-Braun announced Monday, Aug. 31, that she had enough signatures to run for the District 11 office. The district covers a part of east-central Fargo that mostly lies between Interstate 94 and 13th Avenue South, as well as from Interstate 29 to the Red River. “I am running because our district has a history of sending good people to the Legislature, and I want to be part of that legacy,” Cody-Braun said in a statement. “I want to represent the needs of my Fargo neighbors and advocate for working families all across our great state.” Cody-Braun is running for one of two House seats in the district and will face North Dakota State University professor Anastassiya “Stass” Andrianova, a Democrat, and Doug Sharbono, District 11 Republican chairman. The other elected official, Rep.