Plain Talk: 'I am deeply frustrated that a judge's decision could undo the will of the voters'

MINOT — After a federal judge imposed a new district map on North Dakota, former Sen. Judy Estenson lost her seat in the state Legislature.

That's unfair, she argued in a recent letter to the editor of the Minot Daily News, and on this episode of Plain Talk.

The judge was acting on a lawsuit filed by Native American tribes, which claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that the legislative map produced by lawmakers illegally diluted Native American votes.

"I am deeply frustrated that a judge's decision could undo the will of the voters who elected me in 2022," Estenson said. "I am angry that a mid-cycle court order forced me from office, deprived District 15 of its chosen senator, and reshaped District 9 in a way that made it nearly impossible for me or any Republican to win."

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