Ariston E Johnson is a nonpartisan candidate for North Dakota Supreme Court justice, an attorney with nearly 20 years of legal practice in North Dakota and neighboring states, per his campaign site. A fourth-generation North Dakotan born in Watford City, he has practiced law in Bismarck and Watford City and served as McKenzie County assistant state's attorney, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Apply judicial restraint and humility in interpreting the law, per his campaign site · Respect the roles of the legislative and executive branches, per his campaign site · Bring diverse legal experience to the Supreme Court, per his campaign site

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Jerod Tufte is the incumbent justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court and a nonpartisan candidate for re-election in 2026, per the court's official biography. Elected to the court in 2016 after two years as a district court judge, he previously worked as Kidder County state's attorney, legal counsel to Governor Jack Dalrymple, and a Judge Advocate in the North Dakota Army National Guard, including a deployment to Kosovo, per the court's official biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 18, 2026.

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Douglas A Bahr is the incumbent justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, appointed in February 2023 and unopposed on the November 2026 general election ballot, per the court's official biography and the Secretary of State's certified candidate list. He previously served as a district judge in the South Central Judicial District and spent 25 years with the North Dakota Attorney General's office, rising to solicitor general, per the court's official biography. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 18, 2026.

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