RepublicanKelly Armstrong
Governor · North Dakota
Governor of North Dakota. Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Kelly_Armstrong
14 tracked promises, 2 rated
North Dakota
Represents North Dakota statewide
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+75 · based on 2 rated promises
- Championed 2
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2024 · 2 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| now | 75 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept2
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
14 promises across 10 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Property Taxes4
- Education2
- Behavioral Health1
- Behavioral Health / Criminal Justice1
- Criminal Justice1
- Energy1
- Government Efficiency1
- Health / Infrastructure1
- Higher Education1
- Housing1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)14100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
14 tracked promises
“Put the bulk of North Dakota primary residences on a path to zero property taxes within the next decade.”
“Cap future annual increases in local property tax budgets (cities, counties, schools, park districts) at 3%, with unused amounts able to carry over for up to five years.”
“Deliver combined property tax relief on every primary residence of $1,550 per year in the 2025-27 biennium and at least $2,000 per year in the 2027-29 biennium, funded through the primary residence credit plus a dedicated stream of Legacy Fund earnings.”
“Include $300 million in the executive budget for construction of a new State Hospital in Jamestown.”
“Fund Education Savings Accounts in the executive budget — money set aside for each student to direct toward services or tuition across public, nonpublic, or homeschool settings.”
“Increase the existing primary residence property tax credit from $500 to $1,000 per year, and create a primary residence classification so the credit becomes automatic and no longer requires homeowners to file for it.”
“Include nearly $105 million in the executive budget to improve housing availability and affordability.”
“Work with industry to build out natural gas pipeline infrastructure to reduce flaring and increase oil production.”
“Shrink state government by creating, via a bill introduced by Sen. Roers, a task force to review all 154 current boards and commissions and report back before the next legislative session on which can be dissolved, combined, or kept.”
“Increase Challenge Grant funding to $50 million in the executive budget to leverage private dollars and drive $150 million of higher-education investment over two years.”
“Support legislation providing the option to create public charter schools that are accountable to performance standards like the existing K-12 public system.”
“Robustly fund the Free Through Recovery and Community Connect programs to expand addiction and behavioral-health services and reduce reliance on jails and prisons.”
“Announce a tangible, turnkey solution to overcrowding in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation by the time the executive budget address is delivered.”
“Create a new cabinet position, Commissioner of Recovery and Re-entry, to coordinate addiction and behavioral-health services across the Legislature, corrections, county jails, law enforcement, the judicial system, and tribal partners.”
Positions on record
10 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Health / InfrastructureStated position
Include $300 million in the executive budget for construction of a new State Hospital in Jamestown.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - HousingStated position
Include nearly $105 million in the executive budget to improve housing availability and affordability.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Government EfficiencyStated position
Shrink state government by creating, via a bill introduced by Sen. Roers, a task force to review all 154 current boards and commissions and report back before the next legislative session on which can be dissolved, combined, or kept.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - EnergyStated position
Work with industry to build out natural gas pipeline infrastructure to reduce flaring and increase oil production.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Property TaxesStated position
Put the bulk of North Dakota primary residences on a path to zero property taxes within the next decade.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Criminal JusticeStated position
Announce a tangible, turnkey solution to overcrowding in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation by the time the executive budget address is delivered.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - EducationStated position
Fund Education Savings Accounts in the executive budget — money set aside for each student to direct toward services or tuition across public, nonpublic, or homeschool settings.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Higher EducationStated position
Increase Challenge Grant funding to $50 million in the executive budget to leverage private dollars and drive $150 million of higher-education investment over two years.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Behavioral Health / Criminal JusticeStated position
Create a new cabinet position, Commissioner of Recovery and Re-entry, to coordinate addiction and behavioral-health services across the Legislature, corrections, county jails, law enforcement, the judicial system, and tribal partners.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources → - Behavioral HealthStated position
Robustly fund the Free Through Recovery and Community Connect programs to expand addiction and behavioral-health services and reduce reliance on jails and prisons.
SourcesNorth Dakota Office of the Governor· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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