2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota's at-large district
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Nominee Kelly Armstrong Mac Schneider
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote193,568114,377
Percentage60.20%35.57%
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County results
Armstrong:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Schneider:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Kevin Cramer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kelly Armstrong
Republican

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the U.S. Senate election, as well as other statewide, legislative, and local elections.

Contents

Though incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer announced on January 11, 2018 that he would run for re-election to a fourth term. He later expressed an intention to run for the United States Senate instead. [1] [2] [3] On February 16, 2018, Cramer announced his Senate campaign.

Republican primary

State Senator Tom Campbell stated that he intended to run for the U.S. Senate if Cramer ran for re-election, and to run for the U.S. House if Cramer did not run for re-election. [4] Campbell declared for the seat following Cramer's run for Senate. However, on April 11, Campbell dropped out of the race to endorse Armstrong. [5]

Candidates

Nominated

Declared

  • Tiffany Abentroth, U.S. Marine Corps veteran [7]
  • Paul Schaffner, oil field employee [8]

Withdrew

Declined

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Tiffany
Abentroth		Kelly
Armstrong		Tom
Campbell		Julie
Fedorchak		DuWayne
Hendrickson		Undecided
Gravis Marketing [11] February 21–24, 2018385± 5.0%1%13%28%9%1%47%

Results

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Results by county:
  Armstrong—80–90%
  Armstrong—70–80%
  Armstrong—60–70%
  Armstrong—50–60%
  Armstrong—40–50%
  Abentroth—30–40%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kelly Armstrong 37,054 56.23
Republican Tom Campbell (withdrawn)17,69226.85
Republican Tiffany Abentroth5,8778.92
Republican Paul Schaffner5,2037.90
Republican Write-Ins750.11
Total votes65,901 100.00

Democratic-NPL primary

The Democratic-NPL Party held their state convention on March 16 and 17, during which delegates voted to endorse Mac Schneider. Although general election ballot access was actually controlled by a primary election to be held June 12, both other candidates decided to withdraw from the race, rather than challenge Schneider in the primary. [12]

Candidates

Endorsed

Withdrawn

Results

Results by county: Schneider--100% Schneider-->=90% N2018 ND-AL Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Schneider—100%
  Schneider—≥90%
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL Mac Schneider 33,545 99.78
Democratic–NPL Write-Ins740.22
Total votes33,619 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [17] Solid RJune 1, 2018
The Rothenberg Political Report [18] Solid RJune 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [19] Safe RJune 6, 2018

Debates

Host
network/sponsors		DateLink(s)Participants
Mac
Schneider (D)		Kelly
Armstrong (R)
KFYR-TV August 16, 2018 [20] InvitedInvited
Prairie Public September 11, 2018 [21] InvitedInvited
KFGO September 19, 2018 [22] InvitedInvited

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Kelly
Armstrong (R)		Mac
Schneider (D)		OtherUndecided
FOX News [23] October 27–30, 2018789 LV± 3.0%55%33%2%10%
851 RV± 3.0%52%32%3%12%
Strategic Research Associates [24] October 12–19, 2018650± 3.8%56%35%–9%
FOX News [25] September 29 – October 2, 2018704 LV± 3.5%51%34%2%12%
801 V± 3.5%49%33%2%14%
Strategic Research Associates [26] September 17–27, 2018650± 3.8%55%31%–14%
FOX News [27] September 8–11, 2018701 LV± 3.5%48%34%2%15%
804 V± 3.5%47%32%2%17%
Axis Research (R-Armstrong) [28] August 26–28, 2018506± 4.5%53%32%–15%
Mason-Dixon [29] June 13–15, 2018625± 4.0%46%35%–19%
Axis Research (R-Armstrong) [30] May 13–14, 2018509± 4.5%48%26%–26%

Results

North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2018 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kelly Armstrong 193,568 60.20% −8.93%
Democratic–NPL Mac Schneider114,37735.57%+11.82%
Independent Charles Tuttle13,0664.06%N/A
n/a Write-ins5210.16%N/A
Total votes321,532 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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