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1 Retirements  


1.1  Republicans  






2 Incumbents defeated  


2.1  In the general election  


2.1.1  Democrats  








3 Predictions  




4 Close races  




5 Election results  


5.1  District 2  




5.2  District 4  




5.3  District 6  




5.4  District 8  




5.5  District 10  




5.6  District 12  




5.7  District 14  




5.8  District 16  




5.9  District 18  




5.10  District 20  




5.11  District 22  




5.12  District 24  




5.13  District 26  




5.14  District 28  




5.15  District 30  




5.16  District 32  




5.17  District 34  




5.18  District 36  




5.19  District 38  




5.20  District 40  




5.21  District 42  




5.22  District 44  




5.23  District 46  






6 See also  




7 References  













2020 North Dakota Senate election






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2020 North Dakota Senate election
← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
23 of the 47 seats in the North Dakota Senate
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.69%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Rich Wardner Joan Heckaman
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Leader's seat 37th district 23rd district
Seats before 37 10
Seats won 40 7
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 122,164 43,836
Percentage 73.10% 26.23%

Results of the elections:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

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    • The 2020 North Dakota Senate election was 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]

    Retirements[edit]

    Republicans[edit]

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

    Incumbents defeated[edit]

    In the general election[edit]

    Democrats[edit]

    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[edit]

    Source Ranking As of
    The Cook Political Report[3] Safe R October 21, 2020

    Close races[edit]

    Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

    1. District 24, 1.95% (gain)
  • District 16, 4.46%
  • District 26, 5.76% (gain)
  • District 42, 6.9%
  • District 18, 7.69%
  • District 46, 8.2%
  • District 44, 8.52%

    • Election results[edit]

    District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46

    District 2[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 2 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican David Rust (incumbent) 9,954 98.96%
    Write-in 105 1.04%
    Total votes 10,059 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 4[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 4 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jordan Kannianen (incumbent) 4,960 67.76%
    Democratic–NPL Lisa Finley-DeVille 2,353 32.14%
    Write-in 7 0.10%
    Total votes 7,320 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 6[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 6 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Shawn Vedaa (incumbent) 5,598 72.68%
    Democratic–NPL Morris Holen Jr 2,098 27.24%
    Write-in 6 0.08%
    Total votes 7,702 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 8[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 8 election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Howard C. Anderson Jr. (incumbent) 7,984 98.42%
    Write-in 128 1.58%
    Total votes 8,112 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 10[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 10 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Janne Myrdal (incumbent) 5,067 74.31%
    Democratic–NPL Charlie Hart 1,744 25.58%
    Write-in 8 0.12%
    Total votes 6,819 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 12[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 10 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Cole Conley 3,258 56.01%
    Democratic–NPL John Grabinger (incumbent) 2,549 43.82%
    Write-in 10 0.17%
    Total votes 5,817 100.0%
    Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

    District 14[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 14 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jerry Klein (incumbent) 6,152 79.17%
    Democratic–NPL Jenna Vanhorne 1,612 20.74%
    Write-in 7 0.09%
    Total votes 7,771 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 16[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 16 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican David Clemens (incumbent) 5,439 52.14%
    Democratic–NPL Kari Breker 4,973 47.68%
    Write-in 19 0.18%
    Total votes 10,431 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 18[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 18 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Scott Meyer (incumbent) 2,949 53.77%
    Democratic–NPL Kyle Thorson 2,527 46.08%
    Write-in 8 0.15%
    Total votes 5,484 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 20[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 20 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Randy Lemm (incumbent) 4,654 68.81%
    Democratic–NPL Paul Hanson 2,106 31.14%
    Write-in 4 0.06%
    Total votes 6,764 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 22[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 22 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Mark Weber 7,541 68.24%
    Democratic–NPL Laetitia Hellerud 3,505 31.72%
    Write-in 5 0.05%
    Total votes 11,051 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 24[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 24 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Michael Wobbema 3,572 50.90%
    Democratic–NPL Larry Robinson (incumbent) 3,435 48.95%
    Write-in 10 0.14%
    Total votes 7,017 100.0%
    Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

    District 26[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 26 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Heitkamp 3,683 52.75%
    Democratic–NPL Jim Dotzenrod (incumbent) 3,295 47.19%
    Write-in 4 0.06%
    Total votes 6,982 100.0%
    Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

    District 28[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 28 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Robert Erbele (incumbent) 6,770 98.47%
    Write-in 105 1.53%
    Total votes 6,875 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 30[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 30 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Diane Larson (incumbent) 6,307 97.80%
    Write-in 142 2.20%
    Total votes 6,449 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 32[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 32 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Dick Dever (incumbent) 4,352 65.11%
    Democratic–NPL Amelia Doll 2,312 34.59%
    Write-in 20 0.30%
    Total votes 6,684 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 34[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 34 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Doug Larsen 6,062 73.02%
    Democratic–NPL Adam Michal 2,224 26.79%
    Write-in 16 0.19%
    Total votes 8,302 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 36[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 36 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jay Elkin (incumbent) 7,964 97.38%
    Write-in 214 2.62%
    Total votes 8,178 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 38[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 38 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican David Hogue (incumbent) 6,254 98.13%
    Write-in 119 1.87%
    Total votes 6,373 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 40[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 40 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Karen Krebsbach (incumbent) 4,255 96.66%
    Write-in 147 3.34%
    Total votes 4,402 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 42[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 42 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Curt Kreun (incumbent) 1,856 53.38%
    Democratic–NPL Melissa Gjellstad 1,616 46.48%
    Write-in 5 0.14%
    Total votes 3,477 100.0%
    Republican hold

    District 44[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 44 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic–NPL Merrill Piepkorn (incumbent) 3,847 54.17%
    Republican Tim Flakoll 3,242 45.65%
    Write-in 13 0.18%
    Total votes 7,102 100.0%
    Democratic–NPL hold

    District 46[edit]

    North Dakota Senate District 46 general election
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jim Roers (incumbent) 4,291 54.06%
    Democratic–NPL Terri Hedman 3,640 45.86%
    Write-in 7 0.09%
    Total votes 7,938 100.0%
    Republican hold

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Voter Turnout". North Dakota Secretary of State.
  • ^ "North Dakota Elections 2020". ballotpedia.org.
  • ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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