North Dakota Republican Party

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North Dakota Republican Party
Chairperson Sandi Sanford
Senate Leader David Hogue
House Leader Mike Lefor
Founded1889
Headquarters1029 North Fifth St.
Bismarck, ND 58501
Ideology Conservatism
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors Red
Seats in the U.S. Senate
(N.D. seats)
2 / 2
Seats in the U.S. House
(N.D. seats)
1 / 1
Seats in the North Dakota Senate
43 / 47
Seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives
82 / 94
Website
www.ndgop.org

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party.

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Its platform is conservative. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat, both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, and it has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.

History

The state Republican Party has always been a major force in state politics, in many cases having a dominant position. Founded in 1889, the Party initially dominated all state politics for the state's first 20 years of existence, with the exception of a brief period from 1893 to 1894 in which the North Dakota Democratic-Independent Party briefly overthrew the Republican Party.

In the early 20th century, the Party was effectively divided into two groups that nominated candidates on the Republican ticket, the progressive Non-Partisan League (NPL) and the conservative Independent Voters Association (IVA). This period ended when the NPL merged with the state Democratic Party, and the IVA effectively became known as the Republican Party.

The Party holds its convention in the spring of election years, usually rotating the convention between four of the state's largest cities: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot.

Notable figures

Current elected officials

The North Dakota Republican Party controls all twelve of the statewide offices and holds supermajorities in both the North Dakota Senate and the North Dakota House of Representatives. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the state's At-Large congressional district.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

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At-large Kelly Armstrong
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Statewide offices

Legislative

Election results

Presidential

North Dakota Republican Party presidential election results
ElectionPresidential TicketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult
1892 Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid 17,51948.50%Lost
1896 William McKinley/Garret Hobart 26,33555.57%
3 / 3
Won
1900 William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt 35,89862.12%
3 / 3
Won
1904 Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks 52,59575.12%
4 / 4
Won
1908 William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman 57,68061.02%
4 / 4
Won
1912 William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler 23,09026.67%
0 / 5
Lost
1916 Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks 53,47146.34%
0 / 5
Lost
1920 Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge 160,07277.97%
5 / 5
Won
1924 Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes 94,93147.68%
5 / 5
Won
1928 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 131,44154.80%
5 / 5
Won
1932 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 71,77228.00%
0 / 4
Lost
1936 Alf Landon/Frank Knox 72,75126.58%
0 / 4
Lost
1940 Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary 154,59055.06%
4 / 4
Lost
1944 Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker 118,53553.84%
4 / 4
Lost
1948 Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren 115,13952.17%
4 / 4
Lost
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 191,71270.97%
4 / 4
Won
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 156,76661.72%
4 / 4
Won
1960 Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 154,31055.42%
4 / 4
Lost
1964 Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller 108,20741.88%
0 / 4
Lost
1968 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 138,66955.94%
4 / 4
Won
1972 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 174,10962.07%
3 / 3
Won
1976 Gerald Ford/Bob Dole 152,47051.66%
3 / 3
Lost
1980 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 193,69564.23%
3 / 3
Won
1984 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 200,33664.84%
3 / 3
Won
1988 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 166,55956.03%
3 / 3
Won
1992 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 136,24444.22%
3 / 3
Lost
1996 Bob Dole/Jack Kemp 125,05046.94%
3 / 3
Lost
2000 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 174,85260.7%
3 / 3
Won
2004 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 196,65162.86%
3 / 3
Won
2008 John McCain/Sarah Palin 168,88753.15%
3 / 3
Lost
2012 Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 188,32058.32%
3 / 3
Lost
2016 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 216,79462.96%
3 / 3
Won
2020 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 235,59565.11%
3 / 3
Lost

Gubernatorial

North Dakota Republican Party gubernatorial election results
ElectionGubernatorial candidateVotesVote %Result
1889 John Miller 25,36566.58%WonGreen check.svg
1890 Andrew H. Burke 19,05352.23%WonGreen check.svg
1892 Andrew H. Burke 17,23647.57%LostRed x.svg
1894 Roger Allin 23,72355.76%WonGreen check.svg
1896 Frank A. Briggs 25,91855.61%WonGreen check.svg
1898 Frederick B. Fancher 28,30859.22%WonGreen check.svg
1900 Frank White 34,05259.20%WonGreen check.svg
1902 Frank White 31,61362.68%WonGreen check.svg
1904 Elmore Y. Sarles 48,02670.71%WonGreen check.svg
1906 Elmore Y. Sarles 29,30945.29%LostRed x.svg
1908 C. A. Johnson46,84948.43%LostRed x.svg
1910 C. A. Johnson44,55547.36%LostRed x.svg
1912 L. B. Hanna 39,81145.45%WonGreen check.svg
1914 L. B. Hanna 44,27949.58%WonGreen check.svg
1916 Lynn Frazier 87,66579.24%WonGreen check.svg
1918 Lynn Frazier 54,51759.75%WonGreen check.svg
1920 Lynn Frazier 117,11851.01%WonGreen check.svg
1921 (recall) Ragnvald Nestos 111,42550.94%WonGreen check.svg
1922 Ragnvald Nestos 110,32157.65%WonGreen check.svg
1924 Arthur G. Sorlie 101,17053.93%WonGreen check.svg
1926 Arthur G. Sorlie 131,00381.74%WonGreen check.svg
1928 George F. Shafer 131,19356.50%WonGreen check.svg
1930 George F. Shafer 133,26473.62%WonGreen check.svg
1932 William Langer 134,23154.75%WonGreen check.svg
1934 Lydia Cady Langer127,95446.61%LostRed x.svg
1936 Walter Welford 95,69734.70%LostRed x.svg
1938 John N. Hagan 125,24647.53%LostRed x.svg
1940 Jack A. Patterson 101,28736.89%LostRed x.svg
1942 Oscar W. Hagen 74,57742.38%LostRed x.svg
1944 Fred G. Aandahl 107,86352.02%WonGreen check.svg
1946 Fred G. Aandahl 116,67268.88%WonGreen check.svg
1948 Fred G. Aandahl 131,76461.33%WonGreen check.svg
1950 Norman Brunsdale 121,82266.29%WonGreen check.svg
1952 Norman Brunsdale 199,94478.74%WonGreen check.svg
1954 Norman Brunsdale 124,25364.21%WonGreen check.svg
1956 John E. Davis 147,56658.46%WonGreen check.svg
1958 John E. Davis 111,83653.10%WonGreen check.svg
1960 Clarence P. Dahl 122,48644.48%LostRed x.svg
1962 Mark Andrews 113,25149.56%LostRed x.svg
1964 Donald M. Halcrow116,24744.26%LostRed x.svg
1968 Robert P. McCarney108,38243.70%LostRed x.svg
1972 Richard F. Larsen 138,03248.96%LostRed x.svg
1976 Richard Elkin138,32146.53%LostRed x.svg
1980 Allen I. Olson 162,23053.61%WonGreen check.svg
1984 Allen I. Olson 140,46044.68%LostRed x.svg
1988 Leon Mallberg119,98640.12%LostRed x.svg
1992 Ed Schafer 176,39857.86%WonGreen check.svg
1996 Ed Schafer 174,93766.19%WonGreen check.svg
2000 John Hoeven 159,25555.03%WonGreen check.svg
2004 John Hoeven 220,80371.26%WonGreen check.svg
2008 John Hoeven 235,00974.44%WonGreen check.svg
2012 Jack Dalrymple 200,52563.10%WonGreen check.svg
2016 Doug Burgum 259,86376.52%WonGreen check.svg
2020 Doug Burgum 235,47965.84%WonGreen check.svg

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References

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  2. "Representative Kim Koppelman | North Dakota Legislative Branch". www.legis.nd.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  1. Though James B. Weaver (Populist) carried the popular vote in North Dakota, Benjamin Harrison received one of the state's electoral votes.