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North Dakota U.S. Senate election history

Every North Dakota U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Democratic 11
  • Republican 6
D+70R+70D+35R+351976: D+25.519761980: R+41.31982: D+28.819821986: D+0.71988: D+20.419881992: D+20.11994: D+16.019941998: D+28.02000: D+22.720002004: D+36.62006: D+39.320062010: R+54.02012: D+0.920122016: R+61.52018: R+10.820182022: R+31.42024: R+32.92024
North Dakota Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Kevin Cramer Republican Katrina Christiansen 32.9 364,327
2022 Class III John Hoeven Republican Katrina Christiansen 31.4 240,140
2018 flip Class I Kevin Cramer Republican Heidi Heitkamp 10.8 326,138
2016 Class III John Hoeven Republican Eliot Glassheim 61.5 342,501
2012 Class I Heidi Heitkamp Democratic Rick Berg 0.9 321,144
2010 flip Class III John Hoeven Republican Tracy Potter 54.0 238,534
2006 Class I Kent Conrad Democratic Dwight Grotberg 39.3 218,152
2004 Class III Byron L. Dorgan Democratic Mike Liffrig 36.6 310,696
2000 Class I Kent Conrad Democratic Duane Sand 22.8 287,539
1998 Class III Byron L. Dorgan Democratic Donna L. Nalewaja 28.0 213,358
1994 Class I Kent Conrad Democratic Ben Clayburgh 16.0 236,547
1992 Class III Byron L. Dorgan Democratic Steve Sydness 20.1 303,957
1988 Class I Quentin Northrup Burdick Democratic Earl Strinden 20.4 289,170
1986 flip Class III Kent Conrad Democratic Mark Andrews 0.7 289,013
1982 Class I Quentin Northrup Burdick Democratic Gene Knorr 28.8 262,465
1980 Class III Mark Andrews Republican Kent Johanneson 41.3 299,272
1976 Class I Quentin Northrup Burdick Democratic Robert Stroup 25.5 283,062

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Questions and answers

Who won the most recent North Dakota Senate election?

Kevin Cramer won in 2024 by 32.9 points.

Who are North Dakota's U.S. senators?

Kevin Cramer (Republican, term ends 2031) and John Hoeven (Republican, term ends 2029).

When did a Democrat last win a North Dakota Senate race?

In 2012, when Heidi Heitkamp won.

When did a Republican last win a North Dakota Senate race?

In 2024, when Kevin Cramer won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.