Meet
Lydia “Not Compromised” Gessele
I never envisioned myself running for any type of public office, I was always content to be the one working in the background supporting others, but I believe that God calls each of us to do for the people what they are either afraid to do or not able to do for themselves.
I am a single, Christian, homeschooling mom to 3 teenagers.
I was born and raised on a dairy/farming operation in the heart of North Dakota, and continue to farm and raise market gardens.
I am a forward-thinking, hard worker who puts in effort for all those around me.
My Christian values and common sense always guide my decision-making.
Having worked both in the industrial and agricultural fields, I have the know-how and drive to put in the hours and effort for North Dakota too.
Michael Coachman and I make a great one-two punch, because I’m able to support his mission with my own unique skill-set.
I am running because I have seen that now is the time to stand up.
Our founding documents direct us to redress the grievances we have with our state, and I believe that by working together, we can do exactly that.
We have witnessed our politicians failing to uphold the rights of the people, and failing to display true leadership of a statesman/stateswoman.
I am not a career politician, and am proud of that. In this promised Republic, it is my job to work for the people.
I first started standing up and fighting about 18 years ago, when the state began interfering in the right of women to choose how they wanted to give birth.
I went with other women to the state capitol to speak out against the legislators trying to take away our right to have home births, and thankfully, we won!
My healthcare decisions are what’s best for my family.
I had all three of my children at home, and wanted other families to have the same choice.
The next time I was called to step up was when we made the decision to home-school.
I joined other families around the state to make our homeschooling laws more reasonable for the personal education of our children.
We saw that many voices did indeed make the changes we wanted, and we are now reaping the benefits of that hard work with home-school laws that allow greater freedom in teaching our children.
When the battle for food freedom in our state arose, I once again stood up with others to affect the changes we needed to be able to sell our goods at farmer’s markets, co-ops and from our homes.
We got a Food Freedom Bill passed which they tried to change on us, but we stood our ground and joined in a lawsuit to stop the health department from controlling our freedom of food choice.
We won that battle, and now we even have the ability to purchase raw milk in our state, showing once again what we can accomplish by standing up.
This past year, I joined a group of North Dakotans and took up the battle to enact integrity in our elections.
We got an initiative through the SOS office and are currently working on getting election integrity on our ballot in November.