Holmberg resignation creates power void in North Dakota Legislature; committee replacements named
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, has chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee for nearly two decades.
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Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, has chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee for nearly two decades.
The state senator, under increasing pressure to resign, made a resignation announcement Monday. "I shall resign my Senate seat effective June 1, 2022," Holmberg said in a statement.
The state senator, under increasing pressure to resign, made a resignation announcement Monday. "I shall resign my Senate seat effective June 1, 2022," Holmberg said in a statement.
"Recent news stories have become a distraction for the important work of the legislative assembly during its interim meetings," Holmberg wrote. "Consequently, in respect for the institution and its other 140 members, I shall resign my Senate seat effective June 1, 2022."
An investigation published by The Forum on April 15 revealed that North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg exchanged 72 text messages in August with Nicholas Morgan-Derosier, a Grand Forks County Jail inmate suspected of child porn and sex abuse crimes.