Notable personal detailsAlex Balazs is a Republican candidate for North Dakota’s at-large U.S. House seat. He has described prior service as a survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) instructor in the U.S. military and later work with the U.S. Department of State, including as a Senior Foreign Service Officer and project manager. He is based in Cando, North Dakota and has run for the seat in prior cycles.