Karla Rose Hanson
2016 - Present
2028
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Karla Rose Hanson (Democratic Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 44. She assumed office on December 1, 2016. Her current term ends on December 1, 2028.
Hanson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 44. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Hanson earned her bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University in 1994. Her career experience includes owning KRH Communications and working in corporate communications for Microsoft and Great Plains Software.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Hanson was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Hanson was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Hanson was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Judiciary |
| • Political Subdivisions |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karla Rose Hanson and Austin Foss won election in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karla Rose Hanson (D) | 51.2 | 4,774 |
| ✔ |  | Austin Foss (D) | 45.2 | 4,209 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 334 | ||
| Total votes: 9,317 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karla Rose Hanson and Austin Foss advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karla Rose Hanson | 55.3 | 814 |
| ✔ | | Austin Foss | 44.6 | 656 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 1,472 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karla Rose Hanson and incumbent Joshua A. Boschee defeated Gwendorlene Altenburg in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karla Rose Hanson (D) | 37.9 | 2,547 |
| ✔ |  | Joshua A. Boschee (D) | 37.4 | 2,515 |
| Gwendorlene Altenburg (R) | 23.8 | 1,604 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 6,729 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joshua A. Boschee and incumbent Karla Rose Hanson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joshua A. Boschee | 50.1 | 979 |
| ✔ | | Karla Rose Hanson | 49.6 | 971 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 1,956 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Gwendorlene Altenburg advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gwendorlene Altenburg | 98.0 | 744 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 759 | |||
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2020
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Karla Rose Hanson and incumbent Joshua A. Boschee defeated Scott Wagner in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karla Rose Hanson (D) | 35.8 | 3,784 |
| ✔ | | Joshua A. Boschee (D) | 33.7 | 3,570 |
 | Scott Wagner (R) | 29.8 | 3,157 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 67 | ||
| Total votes: 10,578 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Incumbent Joshua A. Boschee and incumbent Karla Rose Hanson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joshua A. Boschee | 50.8 | 1,336 |
| ✔ | | Karla Rose Hanson | 49.2 | 1,293 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 2,630 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 (2 seats)
Scott Wagner advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Wagner | 98.0 | 1,056 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 1,078 | |||
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2016
Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 11, 2016.
Incumbent Joshua Boschee and Karla Rose Hanson defeated Gail Nelson and incumbent Blair Thoreson in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 general election.[2][3]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 44 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Joshua Boschee Incumbent |
27.41% | 3,434 | |
| Democratic | Karla Rose Hanson |
25.82% | 3,234 | |
| Republican | Gail Nelson | 23.28% | 2,916 | |
| Republican | Blair Thoreson Incumbent | 23.49% | 2,942 | |
| Total Votes | 12,526 | |||
| Source: North Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Joshua Boschee and Karla Rose Hanson were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 44 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Joshua Boschee Incumbent | |
| Democratic | Karla Rose Hanson | |
Gail Nelson and incumbent Blair Thoreson were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 Republican primary.[4][5]
| North Dakota House of Representatives, District 44 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Gail Nelson | |
| Republican | Blair Thoreson Incumbent | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Karla Rose Hanson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hanson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- One of Karla's priorities is to improve access to health care. She will continue to support community-based behavioral health services, better drug prices and the renewal of Medicaid Expansion.
- Another priority for Karla is to ensure a high-quality education from preK to K-12 to higher education. The state must strengthen funding for K-12 schools, which face challenges in teacher retention & student well-being.
- Karla also believes we should build an economy that works for everyone. This includes addressing the daycare crisis by strengthening assistance for families & providers and creating a paid family leave program in ND.
Specifically, Karla has sponsored paid family leave legislation so people don't have to choose between their job/paycheck and caring for themselves or a loved one, and she has provided leadership on criminal justice reform efforts, including a pretrial pilot program that helps improve lives while saving money. She also sponsored and helped pass legislation to improve care for people with diabetes and a bill to help more veterans access hearing aids, glasses and dentures.
Today, many workers can work from anywhere, so we should aim for North Dakota to be their home by choice and make appropriate investments to further that goal. The ND Legislature should use the state’s assets for affordable housing and high-quality public education, as well as accessible daycare & health care, making ND a more attractive place to live & work. The ND Legislature should also avoid passing extreme policies that make ND an unwelcoming place.
Karla also seeks to understand the impact of policies through deep learning and relationship building. For example, as a ND House Judiciary committee member, Karla proactively meets with law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and corrections & parole officers, as well as offenders, victims and advocates.
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2020
Karla Rose Hanson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hanson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Safe and healthy neighborhoods are one of Karla's priorities. During her first term, Karla championed improvements to behavioral health services, passed a bill to assist veterans with health care, and wrote a bill to help prevent suicide and other gun violence. Going forward, improved access to affordable health care is necessary.
- Karla will continue advocating for an economy that works for everyone. Karla sponsored a paid family leave policy so people don't have to choose between a paycheck and caring for a loved one. She co-sponsored the university research fund bill to help diversify our state's economy. Maintaining strong investments in education - from preK through higher education - will also be a priority.
- Karla will continue to stay deeply engaged with her north Fargo neighbors. To better understand her constituent's priorities and listen to their feedback, she has held nearly two dozen public forums with her seatmates. They also send out regular newsletters with legislative and pandemic-related updates.
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2016
Hanson's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]
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Campaign finance summary
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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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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 |
Officeholder North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 11, 2022.
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 14, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Karla Rose Hanson, "D44 Issues," accessed September 29, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
