2020 North Dakota Senate election

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2020 North Dakota Senate election
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 2018November 3, 2020 2022  

23 of the 47 seats in the North Dakota Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.69% [1]
 Majority partyMinority party
  ND State Senator Rich Wardner and his wife, Kayleen (cropped).jpg 3x4.svg
Leader Rich Wardner Joan Heckaman
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Leader's seat37th district23rd district
Seats before3710
Seats won407
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote122,16443,836
Percentage73.10%26.23%

2020 North Dakota State Senate election.svg
Results of the elections:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

The 2020 North Dakota Senate election were 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]

Contents

Retirements

Republicans

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

Incumbents defeated

In the general election

Democrats

  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

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe ROctober 21, 2020

Close races

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

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

North Dakota Senate District 2 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Rust (incumbent) 9,954 98.96%
Write-in 1051.04%
Total votes10,059 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

North Dakota Senate District 4 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jordan Kannianen (incumbent) 4,960 67.76%
Democratic–NPL Lisa Finley-DeVille2,35332.14%
Write-in 70.10%
Total votes7,320 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

North Dakota Senate District 6 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shawn Vedaa (incumbent) 5,598 72.68%
Democratic–NPL Morris Holen Jr2,09827.24%
Write-in 60.08%
Total votes7,702 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

North Dakota Senate District 8 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Howard C. Anderson Jr. (incumbent) 7,984 98.42%
Write-in 1281.58%
Total votes8,112 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

North Dakota Senate District 10 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Janne Myrdal (incumbent) 5,067 74.31%
Democratic–NPL Charlie Hart1,74425.58%
Write-in 80.12%
Total votes6,819 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

North Dakota Senate District 10 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cole Conley 3,258 56.01%
Democratic–NPL John Grabinger (incumbent)2,54943.82%
Write-in 100.17%
Total votes5,817 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 14

North Dakota Senate District 14 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jerry Klein (incumbent) 6,152 79.17%
Democratic–NPL Jenna Vanhorne1,61220.74%
Write-in 70.09%
Total votes7,771 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

North Dakota Senate District 16 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Clemens (incumbent) 5,439 52.14%
Democratic–NPL Kari Breker4,97347.68%
Write-in 190.18%
Total votes10,431 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

North Dakota Senate District 18 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Meyer (incumbent) 2,949 53.77%
Democratic–NPL Kyle Thorson2,52746.08%
Write-in 80.15%
Total votes5,484 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

North Dakota Senate District 20 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Lemm (incumbent) 4,654 68.81%
Democratic–NPL Paul Hanson2,10631.14%
Write-in 40.06%
Total votes6,764 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

North Dakota Senate District 22 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Weber 7,541 68.24%
Democratic–NPL Laetitia Hellerud3,50531.72%
Write-in 50.05%
Total votes11,051 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

North Dakota Senate District 24 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Wobbema 3,572 50.90%
Democratic–NPL Larry Robinson (incumbent)3,43548.95%
Write-in 100.14%
Total votes7,017 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 26

North Dakota Senate District 26 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jason Heitkamp 3,683 52.75%
Democratic–NPL Jim Dotzenrod (incumbent)3,29547.19%
Write-in 40.06%
Total votes6,982 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 28

North Dakota Senate District 28 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Erbele (incumbent) 6,770 98.47%
Write-in 1051.53%
Total votes6,875 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

North Dakota Senate District 30 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Diane Larson (incumbent) 6,307 97.80%
Write-in 1422.20%
Total votes6,449 100.0%
Republican hold

District 32

North Dakota Senate District 32 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Dever (incumbent) 4,352 65.11%
Democratic–NPL Amelia Doll2,31234.59%
Write-in 200.30%
Total votes6,684 100.0%
Republican hold

District 34

North Dakota Senate District 34 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Larsen 6,062 73.02%
Democratic–NPL Adam Michal2,22426.79%
Write-in 160.19%
Total votes8,302 100.0%
Republican hold

District 36

North Dakota Senate District 36 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jay Elkin (incumbent) 7,964 97.38%
Write-in 2142.62%
Total votes8,178 100.0%
Republican hold

District 38

North Dakota Senate District 38 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Hogue (incumbent) 6,254 98.13%
Write-in 1191.87%
Total votes6,373 100.0%
Republican hold

District 40

North Dakota Senate District 40 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Karen Krebsbach (incumbent) 4,255 96.66%
Write-in 1473.34%
Total votes4,402 100.0%
Republican hold

District 42

North Dakota Senate District 42 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Curt Kreun (incumbent) 1,856 53.38%
Democratic–NPL Melissa Gjellstad1,61646.48%
Write-in 50.14%
Total votes3,477 100.0%
Republican hold

District 44

North Dakota Senate District 44 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL Merrill Piepkorn (incumbent) 3,847 54.17%
Republican Tim Flakoll3,24245.65%
Write-in 130.18%
Total votes7,102 100.0%
Democratic–NPL hold

District 46

North Dakota Senate District 46 General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Roers (incumbent) 4,291 54.06%
Democratic–NPL Terri Hedman3,64045.86%
Write-in 70.09%
Total votes7,938 100.0%
Republican hold

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