Scott Louser
2010 - Present
2026
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Scott Louser (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 5. He assumed office on December 1, 2010. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Louser (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Louser was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota. All North Dakota delegates were unpledged. Louser, however, was one of 18 North Dakota delegates on a list of preferred delegates circulated by Ted Cruz's campaign prior to the North Dakota State Convention in April 2016.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Biography
Louser earned his B.S. in business administration and his M.S. in management from Michigan State University. His professional experience includes working as a licensed realtor since 1997 and as the owner of Prudential Preferred Properties of Minot.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Louser was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Louser was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Louser was assigned to the following committees:
- House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- House Industry, Business and Labor Committee
- House Ethics Committee, Vice chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs, Vice chair |
| • Industry, Business and Labor |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Louser served on the following committees:
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs |
| • Industry, Business and Labor |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Louser served on the following committees:
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| • Government and Veterans Affairs |
| • Industry, Business and Labor |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Louser served on the following committees:
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| • Constitutional Revision |
| • Human Services |
| • Transportation |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
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General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Scott Louser and incumbent Jay Fisher won election in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Louser (R) | 49.9 | 3,225 | |
| ✔ | Jay Fisher (R) | 47.9 | 3,095 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 138 | ||
| Total votes: 6,458 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Jay Fisher and incumbent Scott Louser advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jay Fisher | 50.5 | 1,225 | |
| ✔ | Scott Louser | 49.0 | 1,188 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 2,424 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Scott Louser and Jay Fisher defeated Zach Raknerud in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Louser (R) | 41.7 | 3,735 | |
| ✔ | Jay Fisher (R) | 37.3 | 3,340 | |
| Zach Raknerud (D) | 20.3 | 1,822 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 8,955 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Zach Raknerud advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Zach Raknerud | 100.0 | 574 | |
| Total votes: 574 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 (2 seats)
Incumbent Scott Louser and Jay Fisher advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 5 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Louser | 52.6 | 1,230 | |
| ✔ | Jay Fisher | 47.4 | 1,109 | |
| Total votes: 2,339 | ||||
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2014
Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014. Incumbent Roger Brabandt and incumbent Scott Louser were unopposed in the Republican primary, while Heidi Rintoul and Judy Vendsel were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Brabandt and Louser defeated Rintoul and Vendsel in the general election.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Scott Louser Incumbent |
36.8% | 3,249 | |
| Republican | Roger Brabandt Incumbent |
31.1% | 2,746 | |
| Democratic | Judy Vendsel | 16.5% | 1,455 | |
| Democratic | Heidi Rintoul | 15.6% | 1,376 | |
| Total Votes | 8,826 | |||
2010
Louser won election to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the November 2 general election. Roger Brabandt (R) also won election. Louser and Brabandt defeated incumbent Democrat Louis Pinkerton and Heidi Rintoul (D).[6][7]
| North Dakota State House, District 5 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Scott Louser (R)
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3,285 | |||
| Roger Brabandt (R)
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2,794 | |||
| Louis Pinkerton (D) | 2,733 | |||
| Heidi Rintoul (D) | 1,476 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
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Scorecards
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 29.
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 29.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 26.
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2018
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In 2018, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the 65th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 27.
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2016
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2015
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In 2015, the 64th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 6 through April 29.
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2014
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2013
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In 2013, the 63rd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 8 to May 4.
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2012
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2011
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In 2011, the 62nd North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in regular session from January 4 through April 28. A special session was called by Governor Jack Dalrymple from November 7 through 12 to cover legislative redistricting and disaster relief.[8]
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NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review
The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[9] Louser received a score of 71.08% on policy legislation and voted against 5.65% of state spending. Louser was ranked 26th on policy and 36th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[10]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Louser was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota.
Delegate rules
Delegates from North Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were selected by committee at the state Republican convention in April 2016. North Dakota GOP bylaws did not require delegates to indicate which presidential candidate they prefer at the time of their selection. At the national convention, delegates from North Dakota were unbound on all ballots.
Delegate allocation
North Dakota had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 22 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Delegates to the state convention were selected at district conventions, where no presidential preference poll was taken. The state's Republican National Convention delegation was selected at the state GOP convention, April 1-3, 2016.[11][12]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Daily Caller, "North Dakota GOP Delegate Slate Shows Majority Support Cruz," April 3, 2016
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Scott Louser," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 9, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official General Election Results," accessed November 17, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2010 General Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "N.D. House leader: Special session starts Nov. 7," accessed September 15, 2011
- ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "The North Dakota Legislative Review - 2011," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "2011 North Dakota Legislative Review Rankings," accessed January 26, 2014
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
