Race at a glance
North Dakota House District 6 has two candidates in the 2026 general election: Dan Vollmer and Dick Anderson. Both are Republicans, and both are incumbents.
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. District 6 voters will decide the State House race as part of that election.
The field differs from a race between candidates of opposing parties. Instead, the two named candidates share the same party affiliation and the same incumbency status. That means party label and experience as an officeholder do not distinguish one candidate from the other in the basic candidate listing.
The race is classified as contested because the general-election field includes both Vollmer and Anderson. It is not an open-seat field: each candidate is running as an incumbent rather than seeking the office for the first time.
Dan Vollmer
Dan Vollmer is running as a Republican incumbent for North Dakota House District 6. His place in the race gives voters one of two candidates who already hold office and are seeking a place in the district’s State House delegation after the 2026 election.
Vollmer shares two defining ballot details with Anderson: Republican affiliation and incumbent status. As a result, voters will not be choosing between different party labels or between an incumbent and a first-time candidate when comparing the two names.
Vollmer’s candidacy is part of the Nov. 3 general election. His name will appear in the same District 6 field as Anderson’s, making the makeup of the candidate field the central feature of the race at this stage.
Dick Anderson
Dick Anderson is running as a Republican incumbent for North Dakota House District 6. His place in the race gives voters one of two candidates who already hold office and are seeking a place in the district’s State House delegation after the 2026 election.
Anderson shares two defining ballot details with Vollmer: Republican affiliation and incumbent status. As a result, voters will not be choosing between different party labels or between an incumbent and a first-time candidate when comparing the two names.
Anderson’s candidacy is part of the Nov. 3 general election. His name will appear in the same District 6 field as Vollmer’s, making the makeup of the candidate field the central feature of the race at this stage.
What is contested
The District 6 race is contested even though both candidates are Republicans and incumbents. The contest is therefore defined by the presence of two named candidates rather than by a Democratic-Republican matchup or a contest between a sitting officeholder and a newcomer.
For voters, the basic comparison begins with two candidates who have the same party identification and officeholder status. Neither candidate can be separated from the other on those ballot descriptors alone.
The next fixed point in the process is the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Until then, the District 6 field consists of Vollmer and Anderson, with both running as Republican incumbents for the North Dakota State House.
