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2020 North Dakota Senate election

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2020 North Dakota Senate election

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23 of the 47 seats in the North Dakota Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.69%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Rich Wardner Joan Heckaman
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Leader's seat 37th district 23rd district
Seats before 37 10
Seats won 40 7
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 122,164 43,836
Percentage 73.10% 26.23%

Results of the elections:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

The 2020 North Dakota Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect members from all even-numbered seats of the North Dakota Senate. Primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.[2]

Retirements

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Republicans

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  1. District 22: Gary Lee retired.
  2. District 34: Dwight Cook retired.

Incumbents defeated

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In the general election

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Democrats

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  1. District 12: John Grabinger lost re-election to Cole Conley.
  2. District 24: Larry Robinson lost re-election to Michael Wobbema.
  3. District 26: Jim Dotzenrod lost re-election to Jason Heitkamp.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Safe R October 21, 2020

Close races

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Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 24, 1.95% (gain)
  2. District 16, 4.46%
  3. District 26, 5.76% (gain)
  4. District 42, 6.9%
  5. District 18, 7.69%
  6. District 46, 8.2%
  7. District 44, 8.52%

Election results

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District 2District 4District 6District 8District 10District 12District 14District 16District 18District 20District 22District 24District 26District 28District 30District 32District 34District 36District 38District 40District 42District 44District 46

District 2

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North Dakota Senate District 2 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Rust (incumbent) 9,954 98.96%
Write-in 105 1.04%
Total votes 10,059 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

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North Dakota Senate District 4 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jordan Kannianen (incumbent) 4,960 67.76%
Democratic–NPL Lisa Finley-DeVille 2,353 32.14%
Write-in 7 0.10%
Total votes 7,320 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

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North Dakota Senate District 6 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shawn Vedaa (incumbent) 5,598 72.68%
Democratic–NPL Morris Holen Jr 2,098 27.24%
Write-in 6 0.08%
Total votes 7,702 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

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North Dakota Senate District 8 election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard C. Anderson Jr. (incumbent) 7,984 98.42%
Write-in 128 1.58%
Total votes 8,112 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

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North Dakota Senate District 10 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janne Myrdal (incumbent) 5,067 74.31%
Democratic–NPL Charlie Hart 1,744 25.58%
Write-in 8 0.12%
Total votes 6,819 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

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North Dakota Senate District 10 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cole Conley 3,258 56.01%
Democratic–NPL John Grabinger (incumbent) 2,549 43.82%
Write-in 10 0.17%
Total votes 5,817 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 14

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North Dakota Senate District 14 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerry Klein (incumbent) 6,152 79.17%
Democratic–NPL Jenna Vanhorne 1,612 20.74%
Write-in 7 0.09%
Total votes 7,771 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

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North Dakota Senate District 16 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Clemens (incumbent) 5,439 52.14%
Democratic–NPL Kari Breker 4,973 47.68%
Write-in 19 0.18%
Total votes 10,431 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

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North Dakota Senate District 18 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Meyer (incumbent) 2,949 53.77%
Democratic–NPL Kyle Thorson 2,527 46.08%
Write-in 8 0.15%
Total votes 5,484 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

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North Dakota Senate District 20 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Lemm (incumbent) 4,654 68.81%
Democratic–NPL Paul Hanson 2,106 31.14%
Write-in 4 0.06%
Total votes 6,764 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

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North Dakota Senate District 22 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Weber 7,541 68.24%
Democratic–NPL Laetitia Hellerud 3,505 31.72%
Write-in 5 0.05%
Total votes 11,051 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

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North Dakota Senate District 24 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Wobbema 3,572 50.90%
Democratic–NPL Larry Robinson (incumbent) 3,435 48.95%
Write-in 10 0.14%
Total votes 7,017 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 26

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North Dakota Senate District 26 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Heitkamp 3,683 52.75%
Democratic–NPL Jim Dotzenrod (incumbent) 3,295 47.19%
Write-in 4 0.06%
Total votes 6,982 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 28

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North Dakota Senate District 28 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Erbele (incumbent) 6,770 98.47%
Write-in 105 1.53%
Total votes 6,875 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

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North Dakota Senate District 30 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Diane Larson (incumbent) 6,307 97.80%
Write-in 142 2.20%
Total votes 6,449 100.0%
Republican hold

District 32

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North Dakota Senate District 32 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick Dever (incumbent) 4,352 65.11%
Democratic–NPL Amelia Doll 2,312 34.59%
Write-in 20 0.30%
Total votes 6,684 100.0%
Republican hold

District 34

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North Dakota Senate District 34 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Larsen 6,062 73.02%
Democratic–NPL Adam Michal 2,224 26.79%
Write-in 16 0.19%
Total votes 8,302 100.0%
Republican hold

District 36

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North Dakota Senate District 36 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Elkin (incumbent) 7,964 97.38%
Write-in 214 2.62%
Total votes 8,178 100.0%
Republican hold

District 38

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North Dakota Senate District 38 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Hogue (incumbent) 6,254 98.13%
Write-in 119 1.87%
Total votes 6,373 100.0%
Republican hold

District 40

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North Dakota Senate District 40 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karen Krebsbach (incumbent) 4,255 96.66%
Write-in 147 3.34%
Total votes 4,402 100.0%
Republican hold

District 42

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North Dakota Senate District 42 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Curt Kreun (incumbent) 1,856 53.38%
Democratic–NPL Melissa Gjellstad 1,616 46.48%
Write-in 5 0.14%
Total votes 3,477 100.0%
Republican hold

District 44

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North Dakota Senate District 44 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–NPL Merrill Piepkorn (incumbent) 3,847 54.17%
Republican Tim Flakoll 3,242 45.65%
Write-in 13 0.18%
Total votes 7,102 100.0%
Democratic–NPL hold

District 46

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North Dakota Senate District 46 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Roers (incumbent) 4,291 54.06%
Democratic–NPL Terri Hedman 3,640 45.86%
Write-in 7 0.09%
Total votes 7,938 100.0%
Republican hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Voter Turnout". North Dakota Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "North Dakota Elections 2020". ballotpedia.org.
  3. ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.