GRAND FORKS — Incumbent Judge Theodore Sandberg secured a full term on the Northeast Central District Court bench, defeating challenger Sarah Kyte in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Sandberg garnered 9,136 votes between Grand Forks and Nelson counties, which make up the Northeast District, while Kyte received 7,191. Broken down by county, Sandberg received nearly 56% of the votes in Grand Forks and 53% in Nelson County, while Kyte received nearly 44% and 46% respectively.
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Sandberg, a Navy veteran who earned his Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1997, was originally appointed to the district court bench by Gov. Doug Burgum in 2024.
Per his biography on the state court’s website, Sandberg served as a law clerk in Michigan and Alaska, worked as a prosecuting attorney and spent nearly two decades in private legal practice before being appointed to the bench.