U.S. House of Representatives
Elections 2024 In February 2024, Fedorchak announced her entry into the race for
North Dakota's open U.S. House seat. Fedorchak cited matters such as
abortion,
energy, and
agriculture as issues she would focus on as a representative. Her main primary opponents were former
state Representative Rick Becker, farmer Alex Balazs, activist Sharlet Mohr, and
Miss America 2018
Cara Mund for the
Republican nomination. During the
NDGOP endorsement convention, candidate Rick Becker encouraged his supporters to write in
spoiler ballots to prevent an endorsement from going through. After 2 failed ballots, Fedorchak withdrew from the endorsement to allow the convention to continue, giving Alex Balazs the endorsement. Fedorchak received the most state level endorsements of any candidate in the race, including over 50 legislators,
U.S. Senator John Hoeven,
Governor Doug Burgum, and former
President Donald Trump. In the June 11 primary, Fedorchak won the Republican nomination with 46% of the vote. She would face Democrat Trygve Hammer in the general election. Shortly after the primary, Fedorchak's campaign filed an
FEC complaint regarding election interference after a mass of texts and emails were sent falsely stating she had dropped out of the race on the day of the election. Fedorchak defeated Hammer in the election 69% to 30%, making her the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota. She is also the first Republican woman elected to Congress from North Dakota and the first woman to represent North Dakota in Congress since
Heidi Heitkamp, who served in the
U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.
2026 On January 5, 2026, Fedorchak announced she would run for reelection to the house. Having an endorsement from president Trump months prior in August. She will face a primary challenge from
Minot businessman Ferris Broxton and her former 2024 opponent Alex Balazs, who announced his intention to run for the republican nomination a month prior.
Tenure Fedorchak was sworn in on January 3, 2025. She was chosen in her first term to serve on the
Energy and Commerce committee, where her predecessor had served as the Vice-Chair. Fedorchak is also the first freshman member in 14 years to be appointed to the committee. Following a trend of congress members hosting
Town hall meetings with constituents, Fedorchak hosted a virtual town hall on March 25, 2025. When asked about the meeting being virtual, Fedorchak stated “I simply haven’t found any other venue that allows me to talk to like tonight 3,000 North Dakotans probably more than that because of Facebook and the online options.” She has since hosted numerous online town halls. Fedorchak has faced harsh criticism from constituents over the virtual platform. On April 10, 2025, Fedorchak introduced legislation to remove the tax credits given in the
Inflation Reduction Act to
solar and
wind energy, saying the credits pose “unprecedented reliability risks to the nations electrical grid due to their intermittent nature.” However, she stated projects currently operating receiving these credits should continue to. In July of 2025, Fedorchak spoke out in avid support of the
Big Beautiful Bill. She was also vocal in support of the
United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Fedorchak called for the release of the
Epstein Files, later in November voted with almost every other member of Congress to release the files. In August, Fedorchak and other freshman members visited
Israel. During the
2025 United States government shutdown, Fedorchak stated she would support and potentially purpose plans to punish congress for allowing shutdowns, she further expressed enthusiasm at the senate eventually passing a bill. Two days after the shutdown ended, Fedorchak announced her intention to introduce legislation that would withhold congressional pay during shutdowns. Entering 2026, Fedorchak alongside numerous other republicans introduced a bill to ban
congressional stock trading.
Committee assignments •
Committee on Energy and Commerce •
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology •
Subcommittee on Energy •
Subcommittee on Environment ==Personal life==