2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

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2012 United States House of Representatives Election in North Dakota
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Nominee Kevin Cramer Pam Gulleson
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote173,433131,869
Percentage54.9%41.7%
North Dakota House of Representatives At-Large Election Results by County, 2012.svg
County results
Cramer:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Gulleson:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Rick Berg
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kevin Cramer
Republican

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The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the U.S. representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. A primary election was held on June 12, 2012; [1] a candidate must receive at least 300 votes to appear on the general election ballot in November. [2]

Contents

Rick Berg, a member of the Republican Party who was first elected to represent the at-large district in 2010, had announced that he would not seek re-election and would instead run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kent Conrad. [3] Republican Kevin Cramer won the open House seat.

Republican primary

The North Dakota Republican Party endorsed Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk at their state convention, though general election ballot access is determined by a statewide primary election held on June 12, 2012. In contrast to state political tradition, fellow Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer did not seek the party endorsement, instead attempting to defeat Kalk on the June primary ballot.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Brian Kalk, Public Service Commissioner and state party endorsed candidate [5]

Withdrew

Declined

Debate

The North Dakota Republican Party held a candidates' debate on December 14 at the campus of Valley City State University. All five GOP candidates declared at the time—Cramer, Goettle, Grande, Kalk, and Koppelman—participated. [16]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Kevin
Cramer		Brian
Kalk		Undecided
Mason Dixon June 4–6, 2012625± 4%60%21%19%
Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012500± 4.3%38%25%27%

Results

Republican primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Cramer 54,405 54.4
Republican Brian Kalk45,41545.5
n/a Write-ins1130.1
Total votes99,933 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL Pam Gulleson 51,750 99.9
Democratic–NPL Write-in740.1
Total votes51,824 100.0

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party of North Dakota has selected small business owner Eric Olson as their nominee at a state meeting. [20]

General election

Endorsements

Kevin Cramer (R)
Organizations
Pam Gulleson (D)
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Kevin
Cramer (R)		Pam
Gulleson (D)		Eric
Olson (L)		Undecided
Mason Dixon October 26–28, 2012625± 4.0%50%40%2%8%
Forum/Essman October 12–15, 2012500± 4%52%32%1%15%
Mason-Dixon October 3–5, 2012625± 4%49%37%2%12%
Mason Dixon June 4–6, 2012625± 4%49%35%4%12%
Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012500± 4.3%61%23%–15%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [24] Likely RNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg [25] Safe RNovember 2, 2012
Roll Call [26] Likely RNovember 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [27] Likely RNovember 5, 2012
NY Times [28] Safe RNovember 4, 2012
RCP [29] Likely RNovember 4, 2012
The Hill [30] Likely RNovember 4, 2012

Results

North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2012 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kevin Cramer 173,585 54.89% +0.15%
Democratic–NPL Pam Gulleson 131,87041.70%-3.23%
Libertarian Eric Olson10,2613.24%N/A
n/aWrite-ins5080.16%-0.17%
Total votes316,224 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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