2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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  2016 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) 2028  
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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 in August 2022 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 Becker's candidacy as an Independent, 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. Becker later rejoined the Republican Party in January 2024. [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Riley Kuntz, oil worker [5]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

John Hoeven

Executive Branch Officials

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Results

Results by county:
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Hoeven
70-80%
80-90% 2022 United States Senate Republican primary election in North Dakota results map by county.svg
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 [10]

Endorsements

Katrina Christiansen

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 [13] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [14] Solid RJuly 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe RAugust 2, 2022
Politico [16] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [17] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [18] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [19] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [20] Solid RAugust 4, 2022
The Economist [21] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Katrina Christiansen (D–NPL)

Results

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Results by State Senate District
2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota [24]
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Wagner, Cordell (February 5, 2021). "Senator John Hoeven Seeking 3rd Term". www.valleynewslive.com.
  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. Jurgens, Paul. "Rick Becker announces run for US House of Representatives". The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  5. "2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. Brooks, Emily (February 6, 2022). "Rick Becker announces GOP primary challenge to North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven". Washington Examiner . Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Turley, Jeremy (April 2, 2022). "Hoeven beats Becker for North Dakota GOP endorsement in Senate race". www.inforum.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  8. "Trump endorses Hoeven; Becker plans to honor convention results". bismarktribune.com. March 23, 2022.
  9. "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Two North Dakota Democrats enter US Senate race". February 14, 2022.
  11. "North Dakota Democratic-NPL endorses statewide candidates amid recruiting struggles". March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  12. "Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  13. "2022 Senate Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  14. "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  15. "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  16. "North Dakota Senate Race 2022". Politico . April 1, 2022.
  17. "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.
  18. "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  19. "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  20. "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  21. "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  22. "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  23. "2022 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  24. "Official 2022 General Election Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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