Snortland announces candidacy for District 33
Bismarck, ND — Morton County resident Signe Snortland has announced she is seeking the Democratic-NPL Party’s endorsement for senate for District 33 of the state legislature at the party’s February 7 Region 6 District Convention in Bismarck.
Explaining her motivation to run for office, Snortland said, “District 33 Senator Keith Boehm voted to kill the free school lunch bill during the January special session, despite a poll showing 82 percent of North Dakotans supporting it. Boehm was also quoted in the January 29 issue of the Hazen Star as stating, ‘No child goes hungry in North Dakota’.”
“That was the last straw for me,” Snortland said, adding that, according to Feeding America, 1 in 7 children in North Dakota face hunger, meaning 24,510 children in the state don’t have enough food.
“I am also increasingly concerned about unaffordable health care premiums, rural access to quality health care, and viability of small town grocery stores,” Snortland added. “In addition, there needs to be local control over construction of new data centers that consume large quantities of water resources and substantially drive up utility costs for citizens. We need legislators who listen to their constituents and represent their wishes on these and other important issues.”
Snortland, born and raised in North Dakota, has extensive government experience, including working for the State of North Dakota for 16 years and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation for 25 years in North Dakota and Colorado, serving as the area manager of the Eastern Colorado Area Office.
She said her experience in the management, development, and protection of critical water, land, and environmental resources would be invaluable in drafting legislation to mitigate concerns and protect the interests of citizens when it comes to data centers and related projects the state is already facing.
Snortland has a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Arts in anthropology from the University of Manitoba.
She is married and has three adult children and five grandchildren.