2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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Nominee John Hoeven Katrina Christiansen Rick Becker
Party Republican Democratic–NPL Independent
Popular vote135,47459,99544,406
Percentage56.41%24.98%18.49%
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County results
Hoeven:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Christiansen:     40–50%     50–60%
U.S. senator before election

John Hoeven
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

John Hoeven
Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican John Hoeven was first elected in 2010 with 76% of the vote to succeed retiring Democratic–NPL incumbent Byron Dorgan, and won re-election in 2016 with 78.5% of the vote. He ran for a re-election to a third term in office against Democratic-NPL nominee Katrina Christiansen. He also faced State Representative Rick Becker who initially ran as a Republican in the primary but suspended his campaign and instead ran as an Independent. [1] [2]

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Hoeven won reelection to a third term in office [3] with 56.4% of the vote. His performance however was far less impressive than in both of his prior races and even substantially lower than what most polling had indicated, and was the worst a winning Republican had made in the Class 3 seat since 1974. This underperformance was in part attributed to the candidacy of Rick Becker, an independent and former Republican, who took 18.5% of the vote. Additionally, Christiansen's 25% vote share was the highest of any Democratic–NPL candidate for the Class 3 Senate seat since Dorgan's landslide 2004 win.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Riley Kuntz, oil worker [4]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

John Hoeven
Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Senators
Organizations

Results

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Results by county:
  Hoeven
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Hoeven (incumbent) 59,529 77.8
Republican Riley Kuntz16,40021.4
Write-in 5570.7
Total votes76,486 100.0

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Michael Steele, small business owner [9]

Endorsements

Katrina Christiansen
Organizations

Results

Results by county: Christiansen 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 2022 ND US Senate Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Christiansen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic–NPL primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic–NPL Katrina Christiansen 17,187 76.8
Democratic–NPL Michael Steele5,17423.1
Write-in 240.1
Total votes22,385 100.0

Independent

Candidates

Qualified

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [13] Solid RJuly 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [14] Safe RAugust 2, 2022
Politico [15] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [16] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [17] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [18] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [19] Solid RAugust 4, 2022
The Economist [20] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Endorsements

John Hoeven (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
Organizations
Katrina Christiansen (D–NPL)
Organizations

Results

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Results by State Senate District
2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Hoeven (incumbent) 135,474 56.41% -22.07%
Democratic–NPL Katrina Christiansen59,99524.98%+8.01%
Independent Rick Becker 44,40618.49%N/A
Write-in 2650.11%N/A
Total votes240,140 100.0%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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  2. 1 2 "Hoeven to seek third term in Senate". February 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Hoeven decisively defends US Senate seat in three-way North Dakota race". InForum. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. ↑ Brooks, Emily (February 6, 2022). "Rick Becker announces GOP primary challenge to North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven". Washington Examiner . Retrieved February 6, 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  14. ↑ "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.
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