People from McKenzie County, North Dakota

Ruth Anna Buffalo is an American politician serving as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th District, serving from December 1, 2018. She is the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota Legislature.

Brent Sanford (born December 23, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 38th and current Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota since 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was Mayor of Watford City from 2010 to 2016.

Denton Zubke (born August 21, 1954) is an American politician who has served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 39th district since 2014.

Orville "Ike" W. Hagen (September 26, 1915 – June 24, 2007) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor William Guy, and as the state's first North Dakota Commissioner of Labor from 1966 to 1986 when he lost his bid for re-election to Byron Knutson. He tried to run on the Republican Party ticket for Governor of North Dakota in 1980, but was defeated in the primary by Allen I. Olson.

Edward Lone Fight (born May 28, 1939) served as Chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes) from 1986 to 1990. In 1988 Lone Fight met with President Ronald Reagan, a meeting which was the catalyst for the Just Compensation Bill, introduced based on the findings of the Joint Tribal Advisory Committee, which provided the tribes partial compensation for the flooding of reservation due to the construction of the Garrison Dam under the Pick-Sloan Legislation.

Arthur Albert "Art" Link (May 24, 1914 – June 1, 2010) was an American politician of the North Dakota Democratic Party, and later the Democratic-NPL. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1971 to 1973 and as the 27th Governor of North Dakota from 1973 to 1981.

Mark S. Sanford (born January 5, 1939) is an American politician in the state of North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 17th district. A Republican, he was first elected in 2010. An alumnus of Minot State University and the University of North Dakota, he was an academic administrator.

David Drovdal (born March 29, 1945) is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. A member of the Republican Party, Drovdal represents District 39 in the North Dakota House of Representatives.