Heidi Heitkamp

Joel Heitkamp

Former state attorney general Heidi Heitkamp and Joel Heitkamp, her brother and a Fargo radio talk-show host, will be in Grand Forks next week to stump for local candidates for the North Dakota Legislature.

The Heitkamps will attend a Tuesday, Sept. 21 evening event with Democratic-NPL candidates for District 43, which includes most of southwestern Grand Forks.

The event will be held 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Columbia Park Towers, 2200 S. 29th St.

Democrats currently hold two of the district’s three spots in the state Legislature, and Sen. JoNell Bakke and Rep. Lois Delmore are running for re-election this fall. Democratic-NPL candidate Don Vangsnes is running to win the seat retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Nottestad has held since 1995.

They’re competing with three Republican candidates this fall: Senate challenger Lonnie Laffen and House candidates Don Dietrich and Curt Kreun.