1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 North Dakota election results
Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1970 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races60
Changed party1
Unopposed3%2 races
Incumbents defeated24
North Dakota State Senate
D 10 · R 11 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Frank Wenstrom (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | L. D. Christensen (D) | 23.6 | |
| LD-5 | Wayne G. Sanstead (D) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Walter Erdman (D) | 6.7 | Flipped |
| LD-7 | Paul Swedlund (D) | 8.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-9 | Phillip Berube (D) | 42.0 | |
| LD-11 | Jack Page (R) | 12.0 | |
| LD-13 | Ed Doherty (R) | 12.0 | |
| LD-15 | Kent Jones (R) | 5.9 | |
| LD-17 | Lester Larson (D) | 26.6 | |
| LD-19 | Gerald Kuster (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-21 | Donald C. Holand (R) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Arthur Gronhovd (D) | 7.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-25 | Russell Thane (R) | 3.9 | |
| LD-27 | Myron Just (D) | 6.7 | |
| LD-29 | Robert Melland (R) | 2.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-31 | Robert Chesrown (R) | 20.7 | |
| LD-33 | Robert L. Stroup (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-35 | Francis Barth (D) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-37 | Howard A. Freed (R) | 6.1 | |
| LD-39 | Leland Roen (R) | 9.7 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
D 38 · R 42
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Robert Peterson · Jack McGeehan (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-2 | Olaf Opedahl · Irven Jacobson (D) | 46.8 | |
| LD-3 | Richard Backes · M. E. Glaspey (D) | 5.4 | |
| LD-4 | William Erickson · Robert Grant (D) | 13.9 | |
| LD-5 | Brynhild Haugland · James Peterson (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Glenn Henning · Howard I. Henry (REP) | 3.9 | |
| LD-7 | Virgil Haman · Fern Lee (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| LD-8 | Donald Giffey · Paul Patrick (D) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-9 | Oscar Solberg · Gerhart Wilkie (D) | 22.2 | |
| LD-10 | Frank Shablow · John McGauvran (D) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11 | Don Halcrow · Charles F. Fleming (REP) | 2.4 | |
| LD-12 | S. F. Hoffner · Richard Rocheleau (D) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-13 | Dale Linderman · Arne Boyum (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| LD-14 | Bert F. Miller · Bryce Streibel (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | Charles Mertens · Dean Hildebrand (DEM) | 3.9 | |
| LD-16 | Harley Kingsbury · H. Odell Berg (R) | 3.4 | |
| LD-17 | Henry Lundene · Howard C. Johnson (D) | 3.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-18 | I. O. Hensrud · Kenneth Tweten (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Enoch Thorsgaard · Oben Gunderson (R) | 6.8 | |
| LD-20 | Eldred N. Dornacker · Herbert A. Anderson (REP) | 0.8 | |
| LD-21 | Peter Hilleboe · A. G. Bunker (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Francis E. Weber · James E. Kieffer (D) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Arnold Gronneberg · Bruce Laughlin (D) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-24 | Ralph Winge · Ernest J. Miedema (DEM) | 9.9 | |
| LD-25 | Leroy Hausauer · Earl Stoltenow (R) | 4.5 | |
| LD-26 | Kenneth Erickson · Ralph Dotzenrod (D) | 4.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-27 | Lawrence Dick · Claire Sandness (R) | 7.6 | |
| LD-28 | William Gackle · Don Moore (R) | 2.7 | |
| LD-29 | Gordon Larson · Allwin Degroot · Henry Ganser · Robert Reimers (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | Joe Welder · J. L. Raile (R) | 12.4 | |
| LD-31 | Howard F. Bier · William Dekrey (R) | 4.5 | |
| LD-32 | Myron Atkinson · Vernon E. Wagner (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Ralph Hickle · Eldor Miller (REP) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-35 | Carl A. Meyer · Albert L. Rivinius (DEM) | 4.3 | |
| LD-36 | Halvor Rolfsrud · Jack R. Murphy (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| LD-37 | Mike Olienyk · John F. Gengler (REP) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-38 | Kenneth Knudson · Milon Austin (R) | 0.4 | |
| LD-39 | Earl C. Rundle · Karnes Johnson (R) | 6.2 |
North Dakota
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner