North Dakota District Court, Northeast Central Judicial District, Judgeship No. 2

About this race

Theodore T. Sandberg and Sarah M. Kyte are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Northeast Central Judicial District, per the North Dakota Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. This seat carries an unexpired 4-year term. Theodore T. Sandberg is the sitting judge in this seat, per the North Dakota Court System's district court judges roster. Every voter in Grand Forks and Nelson counties elects this seat, since North Dakota district judges are elected district-wide across the Northeast Central Judicial District (North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6 (effective 8/11/2021)). North Dakota district court races are nonpartisan.

What this office does

Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. 4-year term. The sitting officeholder, Theodore T. Sandberg, is on the ballot.