Candidate · Justice of the Supreme Court, seat 1
Ariston E Johnson
- Occupation
- Civil litigator; partner at Johnson and Sundeen
- Lives in
- Watford City
Background
- Law degree, College of William and Mary (2007); practice includes oil and gas law. source: northdakotamonitor.com
- Applied for an earlier Supreme Court vacancy; Gov. Armstrong chose Mark Friese. source: northdakotamonitor.com
- Won 36.2% in the June 2026 primary (unofficial) and advanced. source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Wants court experience from attorneys who have represented everyday people, and a western North Dakota perspective source: northdakotamonitor.com
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