Democratic-NPL
Vern Thompson has spent his life working: farming, trucking hazardous bulk liquids, serving in the state legislature, leading as mayor of Minnewaukan during the Devils Lake flood fight, and calling fouls as a basketball referee. He's a working man who, with his wife Cindy, built an independent trucking business in Fargo and raised two children, Will and Kathryn. Vern knows what it takes to make a payroll. And after years in the game, he knows a foul when he sees one.
Farmers are paying more, earning less, and losing ground, literally! Input costs and grocery prices have exploded, land is being bought up by billionaires and out-of-state corporations, and working people are being left behind. With agriculture driving $41.3 billion in economic activity and more than 123,000 jobs across the state, North Dakota can't afford to look the other way.
Vern served in the North Dakota House and Senate in the 80's and 90's but never forgot where he came from. He's running for Agriculture Commissioner to blow the whistle on a system that's rigged against consumers and rural families. For Vern, the people of North Dakota always come before the powerful.