North Dakota Election Results

On November 2, 2010 voters in North Dakota elected one senator and one member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican candidate John Hoeven beat out Democrat Tracy Potter in the Senate race, while Republican Rick Berg won out over incumbent Democrat Earl Pomeroy for the seat in the House.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/state/#val=ND

John Hoeven was governor of North Dakota at the time of his election to the Senate, a position that he held since 2000. He was the longest-serving active governor in the United States, and received much Republican support to run for Senate.http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003758157

In state elections, Attorney General was won by incumbent Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner was also held by incumbent Doug Goehring.

North Dakota citizen approved a major ballot measure that places oil and gas tax revenue in a trust fund and denied a measure that would have prevented hunting in fenced enclosures.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/north-dakota

History

North Dakota was granted statehood in November of 1889. Since then they have participated in 29 Presidential Elections, voting Republican 24 times.

North Dakota, a state where there is no voter registration is historically a Republican leaning Mecca. Not since 1964 when they cast their 3 Electoral votes for Lyndon B. Johnson has the state supported a Democratic political party candidate. The state currently holds the minimum of 3 electoral votes.

To avoid voter fraud, members of the election board have the right to challenge any voter they feel is casting a vote illegally. Authorized persons representing political parties are also allowed to monitor the general election and issue challenges to a voter in question. If someone attempting to vote falsely swears to being a qualified elector, he or she is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.http://www.cga.ct.gov/2004/rpt/2004-R-0032.htm

One note of consequence is that in 2008 both North Dakota state senators were representatives of the Democratic Party. Even so, Democratic candidate Barrack Obama was defeated by Republican Party candidate John McCain by 8 percentage points.

2010 North Dakota Election Results

Primary Elections for Statewide offices and Congress were held on June 08, 2010, while the General Elections will be held on November 02, 2010.

Key Primary Election results:

US Senate - Republican candidates - John Roeven 99.80% of the vote against write-in votes 0.20%. Democratic candidates - Tracy Potter 99.64% of the vote against write-in votes 0.36%. Libertarian candidates - Keith J Hanson 97.61% of the vote against write-in votes 2.39%.
Representative in Congress - Republican candidates - Rick Berg 89.33%, JD Donaghe 10.53% of the vote against write-in votes 0.14%. Democratic candidates - Earl Pomeroy 99.64% of the vote against write-in votes 0.26%. Libertarian candidates none write-in votes 2.39%.

Full Primary Elections results are available by reviewing results from the North Dakota state government ND Voices (Voting Information and Central Election Systemshttp://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY

Key General Election Results: Not yet available

Full General Elections results will be available after November 02, 2010

2008 North Dakota Election Results

Despite a competitive race going into the weekend, John McCain won the state of North Dakota and its three electoral votes. North Dakota's polls closed at 8 p.m. on Election Day. The Democratic candidate for President to win North Dakota was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Winner of North Dakota's Three Presidential Electoral Votes: John McCainhttp://www.dakotapolitics.com/results.asp
Voting Resuts: McCain (R) - 53.25%, Obama (D) - 44.62%, Nader (I) - 1.32%, Barr (L) - 0.43%, Baldwin (C) - 0.38%

Full Election Results

North Dakota Government and Politics resultshttp://www.dakotapolitics.com/results.asp
CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#val=ND North Dakota Election Results
ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/politics/elections/?category=North%20Dakota North Dakota 2008 Presidential Election
MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25382252/race/president North Dakota Election Results