Paul J. Thomas is an American farmer, businessman, and politician serving as a member of the

North Dakota House of Representatives The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate. North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as d ...

from the 6th district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on December 1, 2020.

Early life and education

Thomas was born in

Karlsruhe, North Dakota Karlsruhe ( ) is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 87 at the 2020 census. Karlsruhe was founded in 1912. Old Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, in or near Karlsruhe, is listed on ...

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from

North Dakota State University North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...

in 1996.

Career

Thomas served as a member of the

Velva, North Dakota Velva is a city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States. Part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area, it was founded in 1897 and the population was 1,086 at the 2020 census. Southeast of Minot, Velva is at the southernmost point of th ...

City Commission and Velva Sales Tax Committee. He was vice president of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association and North Dakota Farm Bureau. He was elected to the

in November 2020 and assumed office on December 1, 2020.

References

Living people Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives People from McHenry County, North Dakota North Dakota State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{NorthDakota-politician-stub