Ariston E Johnson

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 Incumbent

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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