2022 North Dakota Secretary of State election

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2022 North Dakota Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
 
Nominee Michael Howe Jeffrey Powell
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote147,41064,041
Percentage63.3%27.5%

2022 North Dakota Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Howe:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Powell:     50–60%

Secretary of State before election

Alvin Jaeger
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Michael Howe
Republican

The 2022 North Dakota Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican Alvin Jaeger did not seek reelection to an eighth term.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Marvin Lepp, businessman [2]

Declined

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Jeffrey Powell, university administrator [4]

Independent

Candidates

Rejected ballot

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6] Safe RDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [7] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

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References

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