2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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Nominee Kent Conrad Dwight Grotberg
Party Democratic–NPL Republican
Popular vote150,14664,417
Percentage68.83%29.53%
2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota results map by county.svg
County results
Conrad:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Kent Conrad
Democratic–NPL

Elected U.S. Senator

Kent Conrad
Democratic–NPL

The 2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Kent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term. This was one of five Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that George W. Bush won in the 2004 presidential election.

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As of 2025, this is the last time where either party won every county for the Class 1 Senate seat in North Dakota.

Major candidates

Democratic-NPL

Republican

Campaign

Popular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined. [1] Hoeven later won North Dakota’s other U.S. Senate seat in 2010 and was elected by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [2] Solid DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [3] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [4] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [5] Safe DNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateKent
Conrad (D-NPL)		Dwight
Grotberg (R)
Rasmussen [6] January 30, 200659%31%

Results

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic–NPL Kent Conrad (incumbent) 150,146 68.83% +7.46%
Republican Dwight Grotberg64,41729.53%−9.10%
Independent Roland Riemers 2,1941.01%n/a
Independent James Germalic1,3950.64%n/a
Majority 85,72939.30%+16.56%
Turnout 218,15444.5%
Democratic–NPL hold Swing +8.3

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wetzel, Dave (September 30, 2005). "North Dakota governor not running for U.S. Senate". Grand Forks Herald . Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2006. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ Rasmussen

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