the 64th Legislative Assembly (2015-2016), the Republicans command large majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. North Dakota House of Representatives The North Dakota Senate Current Leadership The North Dakota House of Representatives |Speaker of the House |Larry Bellew | | Republican |2014 |- |Majority Leader |Al Carlson | | Republican |2008 |- |Minority Leader |Josh Boschee | | Democratic-NPL |2016 |} The North Dakota Senate |President of the Senate |Brent Sanford | | Republican |2010 |- |President pro tempore |Dick Dever | | Republican |2014 |- |Majority Leader |Rich Wardner | | Republican |2011 |- |Minority Leader |Joan Heckaman | | Democratic-NPL |2016 |} Federal representation North Dakota's two U.S. Senators are elected at large: Senior Senator John Hoeven (Republican) Junior Senator Kevin Cramer (Republican) North Dakota currently has one at-large congressional district. A 2nd and 3rd district were eliminated due to population growth in other states. U.S. House of Representatives: North Dakota's At-large congressional district, previously known as the 1st congressional district with different boundaries, covers the entire state: Rep. Kelly Armstrong (Republican). North Dakota's 2nd congressional district existed from 1903 to 1973. North Dakota's 3rd congressional district existed from 1913 to 1933. Gallery of North Dakota's congressional delegation North Dakota is part of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the St-Louis-based United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Third political parties Under state law, there are technically no major or minor parties, only 'organized' parties that are entitled to equal rights under the law . In the 1990s the Reform Party and the Natural Law Party both formally organized in the state, but the national in-fighting in these two parties in 2000, caused their decline. As of 2006, the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party both have organized state chapters. The North Dakota Libertarian Party is the most active of the organized third parties in the state. In 2004, Roland Riemers and Mitchell Sanderson were the libertarian candidates for state governor and received 4,193 votes, just over one percent . In 2006, Riemers ran for United States Senate and received a similar result . It is rare for third parties to nominate candidates for certain offices, especially the state legislative, because State primary rules require a minimum number of primary voters before an organized party's candidate can