1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 North Dakota House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every North Dakota House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 40 · R 58
Races39
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated17

Every district

D 38 · R 42

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Robert Peterson · Jack McGeehan (REP)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-2Olaf Opedahl · Irven Jacobson (D)46.8
LD-3Richard Backes · M. E. Glaspey (D)5.4
LD-4William Erickson · Robert Grant (D)13.9
LD-5Brynhild Haugland · James Peterson (R)0.0Incumbent lost
LD-6Glenn Henning · Howard I. Henry (REP)3.9
LD-7Virgil Haman · Fern Lee (DEM)0.8
LD-8Donald Giffey · Paul Patrick (D)1.7Incumbent lost
LD-9Oscar Solberg · Gerhart Wilkie (D)22.2
LD-10Frank Shablow · John McGauvran (D)5.1Incumbent lost
LD-11Don Halcrow · Charles F. Fleming (REP)2.4
LD-12S. F. Hoffner · Richard Rocheleau (D)0.4Incumbent lost
LD-13Dale Linderman · Arne Boyum (DEM)0.1
LD-14Bert F. Miller · Bryce Streibel (DEM)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-15Charles Mertens · Dean Hildebrand (DEM)3.9
LD-16Harley Kingsbury · H. Odell Berg (R)3.4
LD-17Henry Lundene · Howard C. Johnson (D)3.6Incumbent lost
LD-18I. O. Hensrud · Kenneth Tweten (R)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-19Enoch Thorsgaard · Oben Gunderson (R)6.8
LD-20Eldred N. Dornacker · Herbert A. Anderson (REP)0.8
LD-21Peter Hilleboe · A. G. Bunker (R)0.1Incumbent lost
LD-22Francis E. Weber · James E. Kieffer (D)1.9Incumbent lost
LD-23Arnold Gronneberg · Bruce Laughlin (D)3.9Incumbent lost
LD-24Ralph Winge · Ernest J. Miedema (DEM)9.9
LD-25Leroy Hausauer · Earl Stoltenow (R)4.5
LD-26Kenneth Erickson · Ralph Dotzenrod (D)4.6Incumbent lost
LD-27Lawrence Dick · Claire Sandness (R)7.6
LD-28William Gackle · Don Moore (R)2.7
LD-29Gordon Larson · Allwin Degroot · Henry Ganser · Robert Reimers (REP)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-30Joe Welder · J. L. Raile (R)12.4
LD-31Howard F. Bier · William Dekrey (R)4.5
LD-32Myron Atkinson · Vernon E. Wagner (R)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-33Ralph Hickle · Eldor Miller (REP)2.8Incumbent lost
LD-34Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D)0.3Incumbent lost
LD-35Carl A. Meyer · Albert L. Rivinius (DEM)4.3
LD-36Halvor Rolfsrud · Jack R. Murphy (DEM)0.3
LD-37Mike Olienyk · John F. Gengler (REP)0.7Incumbent lost
LD-38Kenneth Knudson · Milon Austin (R)0.4
LD-39Earl C. Rundle · Karnes Johnson (R)6.2

North Dakota House of Representatives

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