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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Voters in the district will decide the political fate of each of those candidates, choosing two for the House and one for the Senate, on Nov. 8. That same day, they’ll also participate in a statewide vote to determine whether North Dakota should legalize recreational marijuana and whether the state should create term limits for members of the Legislature.

The proposal would eliminate the individual income tax for some 388,000 North Dakota taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is $54,725 or less for single filers or $95,000 for married couples filing jointly. In District 43, the candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot aren’t all convinced.

Superintendent Terry Brenner said the initial brochure gave “a false narrative” about the ACT scores achieved by Grand Forks students who generally take the exam in their junior year of high school.

Those seeking one of the two House positions are Democrat Mary Adams, Republican Ethan Harsell, Democrat Zac Ista and Republican Eric J. Murphy. Adams and Ista are the incumbents. The Senate race includes Democrat JoNell Bakke and Republican Jeff Barta. Bakke is the incumbent.