1970 general · November 3, 1970
1970 North Dakota State Senate election results, district by district
Every North Dakota State Senate district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 49 seats
After the electionD 13 · R 36
Races21
Changed party1
Unopposed10%2 races
Incumbents defeated7
Every district
D 10 · R 11
| 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 State Senate
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