2020 North Dakota House of Representatives election

2020 North Dakota House of Representatives election

November 3, 2020
46 out of 94 seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives 46 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Lawrence Klemin Joshua Boschee Party Republican DEM-NPL Leader's seat 47th District 44th District Seats before 79 15 Seats after 80 14 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 209,433 86,819 Percentage 70.16% 29.09%
Speaker before election Lawrence Klemin Republican Elected Speaker Lawrence Klemin Republican

Elections to the North Dakota House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020. A total of 46 seats out of 94 were up for re-election.

The primary election was held on June 9, 2020.

Predictions

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

Results

District 2

North Dakota House of Representatives District 2 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Longmuir (incumbent)	7,501	50.38%
	Republican	Bert Anderson (incumbent)	7,260	48.76%
	Write-In	Write-in	128	0.86%
Total votes			14,889	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 4

North Dakota House of Representatives District 4 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clayton Fegley (incumbent)	4,325	34.52%
	Republican	Terry Jones (incumbent)	3,959	31.60%
	Democratic–NPL	Thomasina Mandan	2,283	18.22%
	Democratic–NPL	Hunter L Andes	1,953	15.59%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.08%
Total votes			12,530	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 6

North Dakota House of Representatives District 6 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Anderson (incumbent)	5,445	39.51%
	Republican	Paul Thomas	5,089	36.93%
	Democratic–NPL	Trygve Hammer	1,621	11.76%
	Democratic–NPL	Arnold W Langehaug	1,617	11.73%
	Write-In	Write-in	8	0.06%
Total votes			13,780	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 8

North Dakota House of Representatives District 8 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Nehring (incumbent)	6,794	40.70%
	Republican	David Andahl	5,929	35.52%
	Democratic–NPL	Kathrin Volochenko	1,905	11.41%
	Democratic–NPL	Linda Babb	1,651	9.89%
	Write-In	Write-in	412	2.47%
Total votes			16,691	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 10

North Dakota House of Representatives District 10 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Monson (incumbent)	4,815	38.58%
	Republican	Chuck Damschen (incumbent)	4,414	35.37%
	Democratic–NPL	Elsie Blair Magnus	1,707	13.68%
	Democratic–NPL	Melissa Anderson	1,535	12.30%
	Write-In	Write-in	9	0.07%
Total votes			12,480	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 12

North Dakota House of Representatives District 12 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bernie Satrom (incumbent)	3,423	31.64%
	Republican	Mitch Ostlie	3,321	30.70%
	Democratic–NPL	Pam Musland	2,212	20.45%
	Democratic–NPL	George Barnes	1,824	16.86%
	Write-In	Write-in	38	0.35%
Total votes			10,818	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 14

North Dakota House of Representatives District 14 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Nelson (incumbent)	5,491	38.65%
	Republican	Robin Weisz (incumbent)	5,419	38.15%
	Democratic–NPL	Mark Nelson	1,718	12.09%
	Democratic–NPL	Richard Lynne	1,568	11.04%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.07%
Total votes			14,206	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 16

North Dakota House of Representatives District 16 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Koppelman (incumbent)	5,434	29.28%
	Republican	Andrew Marschall (incumbent)	4,782	25.77%
	Democratic–NPL	Tracey L Wilkie	4,448	23.97%
	Democratic–NPL	Hamida Dakane	3,869	20.85%
	Write-In	Write-in	23	0.12%
Total votes			18,556	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 18

North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Vetter (incumbent)	2,744	28.18%
	Democratic–NPL	Corey Mock (incumbent)	2,432	24.97%
	Republican	Cindy Kaml	2,416	24.81%
	Democratic–NPL	Jacqueline Hoffarth	2,136	21.93%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.10%
Total votes			9,738	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic–NPL hold

District 20

North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Beltz	4,212	34.48%
	Republican	Jared Hagert	4,074	33.35%
	Democratic–NPL	John Martin Pederson	2,014	16.49%
	Democratic–NPL	Zachary Blotsky	1,908	15.62%
	Write-In	Write-in	9	0.07%
Total votes			12,217	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 22

North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Howe (incumbent)	6,829	34.26%
	Republican	Brandy Pyle (incumbent)	6,786	34.05%
	Democratic–NPL	Jodi Meisch	3,420	17.16%
	Democratic–NPL	Will Thompson	2,885	14.47%
	Write-In	Write-in	11	0.06%
Total votes			19,931	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 24

North Dakota House of Representatives District 24 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight Kiefert (incumbent)	3,733	29.33%
	Republican	Cole Christensen	3,605	28.32%
	Democratic–NPL	Naomi T Muscha	2,872	22.56%
	Democratic–NPL	Bradley Edin	2,509	19.71%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.08%
Total votes			12,729	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 26

North Dakota House of Representatives District 26 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Skroch (incumbent)	3,944	30.80%
	Republican	Sebastian Ertelt (incumbent)	3,465	27.06%
	Democratic–NPL	John M Hokana	2,816	21.99%
	Democratic–NPL	Alan J Peterson	2,568	20.05%
	Write-In	Write-in	13	0.10%
Total votes			12,806	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 28

North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeffery Magrum (incumbent)	5,410	43.85%
	Republican	Michael Don Brandenburg (incumbent)	5,159	41.81%
	Democratic–NPL	Rebecca Phillips	1,684	13.65%
	Write-In	Write-in	85	0.69%
Total votes			12,338	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 30

North Dakota House of Representatives District 30 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Bosch (incumbent)	5,268	49.29%
	Republican	Mike Nathe (incumbent)	5,262	49.24%
	Write-In	Write-in	157	1.47%
Total votes			10,687	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 32

North Dakota House of Representatives District 32 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Heinert (incumbent)	4,189	34.71%
	Republican	Lisa Meier (incumbent)	4,136	34.28%
	Democratic–NPL	Krisanna Holkup Peterson	1,945	16.12%
	Democratic–NPL	Carl Young	1,777	14.73%
	Write-In	Write-in	20	0.17%
Total votes			12,067	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 34

North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Porter (incumbent)	5,520	36.68%
	Republican	Nathan Toman (incumbent)	5,397	35.86%
	Democratic–NPL	Joshua Johnson	2,157	14.33%
	Democratic–NPL	Bernie Parkhurst	1,962	13.04%
	Write-In	Write-in	14	0.09%
Total votes			15,050	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 36

North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Schatz (incumbent)	6,748	41.56%
	Republican	Luke Simons (incumbent)	6,273	38.63%
	Democratic–NPL	Linda Weiss	1,128	6.95%
	Democratic–NPL	Steve Krebs	1,093	6.73%
	Independent	Rebecca Ferderer	971	5.98%
	Write-In	Write-in	25	0.15%
Total votes			16,238	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 38

North Dakota House of Representatives District 38 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Ruby (incumbent)	5,411	50.64%
	Republican	Larry Bellew (incumbent)	5,097	47.70%
	Write-In	Write-in	177	1.66%
Total votes			10,685	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 40

North Dakota House of Representatives District 40 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Ruby (incumbent)	3,224	36.17%
	Republican	Randy Schobinger (incumbent)	2,948	33.08%
	Democratic–NPL	Kalyn June Dewitt	1,413	15.85%
	Democratic–NPL	Robert E Kibler	1,314	14.74%
	Write-In	Write-in	14	0.16%
Total votes			8,913	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 42

North Dakota House of Representatives District 42 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emily O'Brien (incumbent)	1,772	29.07%
	Republican	Claire Cory (incumbent)	1,589	26.07%
	Democratic–NPL	Adam Fortwengler	1,369	22.46%
	Democratic–NPL	Zachary Stephen Tomczik	1,363	22.36%
	Write-In	Write-in	3	0.05%
Total votes			6,096	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 44

North Dakota House of Representatives District General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Karla Rose Hanson (incumbent)	3,827	35.77%
	Democratic–NPL	Joshua Boschee (incumbent)	3,612	33.76%
	Republican	Scott Wagner	3,191	29.83%
	Write-In	Write-in	69	0.64%
Total votes			10,699	100.0%
	Democratic–NPL hold
	Democratic–NPL hold

District 46

North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shannon Roers Jones (incumbent)	3,984	27.77%
	Republican	Jim Kasper (incumbent)	3,646	25.42%
	Democratic–NPL	Ben M Hanson	3,353	23.37%
	Democratic–NPL	Ben W Hanson	3,351	23.36%
	Write-In	Write-in	11	0.08%
Total votes			14,345	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

See also

• 2020 North Dakota elections
• 2020 North Dakota Senate election
• 2020 United States state legislative elections