2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

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2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota's at-large district
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Nominee Kevin Cramer George B. Sinner Jack Seaman
Party Republican Democratic–NPL Libertarian
Popular vote138,10095,67814,531
Percentage55.5%38.5%5.8%

North Dakota House of Representatives At Large Election Results by County, 2014.svg
County results
Cramer:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Sinner:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Kevin Cramer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kevin Cramer
Republican

The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of North Dakota in the 114th United States Congress. [1] The election coincided with all other states' House of Representatives elections. Incumbent Republican representative Kevin Cramer, who has served in the seat since 2013, ran for re-election to a second two-year term in office. Cramer became the first Republican congressman to be re-elected in North Dakota since 1978.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • DuWayne Hendrickson (did not make the ballot) [3]

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Cramer 50,188 99.70
Republican Write-in15100.30
Total votes50,339 100

Democratic-Nonpartisan League primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL George B. Sinner 30,102 99.83
Democratic–NPL Write-in520.17
Total votes30,154 100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Jack Seaman, businessman [8]

Results

Libertarian primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Robert J. "Jack" Seaman 1,548 99.55
Libertarian Write-in70.45
Total votes1,555 100

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kevin
Cramer (R)
George B.
Sinner (D-NPL)
Jack
Seaman (L)
Undecided
DFM Research [9] October 13–16, 2014430± 4.7%46%39%3%12%
Forum Communications [10] September 26–October 3, 2014505± 5%46%27%4%23%
WPA Opinion Research (R-Cramer) [11] September 29–30, 2014400± 4.9%48%38%12%
The Mellman Group (D-Sinner) [12] September 20–22, 2014400± 4.9%38%40%5%17%

Results

North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kevin Cramer (incumbent) 138,100 55.54% +0.67%
Democratic–NPL George B. Sinner95,67838.48%−3.24%
Libertarian Jack Seaman14,5315.84%+2.59%
n/a Write-ins3610.15%−0.01%
Total votes248,670 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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