Charles Tuttle

Tuttle first ran as an independent for North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat in 2018, receiving 4.1% of the vote in a race won by Kelly Armstrong.[2] In 2020 he ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction, finishing third in the nonpartisan primary with 19.7%, and then ran as a write-in candidate in the general election.[2] In 2022 he ran as an independent for Secretary of State, receiving 9.2% of the vote in a race won by Michael Howe.[2] He lost the June 9, 2026 special nonpartisan primary for Superintendent of Public Instruction, receiving 14.4%.[2] He received 4% of the vote to Julie Fedorchak's 57.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]