The Progressive Midwesterner

Kylie Oversen, the Democratic-Nonpartisan League nominee in this year's election for the office of Tax Commissioner of North Dakota, now has a full campaign website for her bid for tax commissioner. On the "issues" page of her website, Kylie pointed out how Republicans in North Dakota have left North Dakotans with a higher property tax burden: During the last legislative session, the legislative and executive branches eliminated the 12% property tax buydown and cut $115 million from property tax relief. After promises have been repeatedly broken by Republican leadership, Kylie is committed to working with leaders at all levels of government and on both sides of the aisle to create a plan for meaningful, lasting property tax reform. Since I'm not from North Dakota, I had to do some online research about North Dakota property tax policy to understand what the property tax buydown that Kylie was referring to, and I found an article on the website of The Bismarck Tr...

Across America, there is a wave of energy for Democratic candidates for public office, and that's no different in the Heartland. Many Midwestern states have seen more Democrats file to run for seats in Congress or state legislative seats in this year's elections than in recent election cycles. In this wave of endorsements from The Progressive Midwesterner, I will endorse multiple candidates who are running as a Democratic candidate in an officially partisan race or are running as a de facto Democratic candidate in an officially non-partisan race. North Dakota Tax Commissioner - Kylie Oversen Kylie Oversen, the chairwoman of the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party (DNL), is running for the statewide elected office of North Dakota Tax Commissioner. The Progressive Midwesterner endorses Kylie's campaign for tax commissioner in North Dakota, and you can learn more about Kylie's campaign here . People like Kylie are the future of the Democratic Party, no...