1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 North Dakota election results
Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1972 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races63
Changed party0
Unopposed3%2 races
Incumbents defeated19
North Dakota State Senate
D 5 · R 20
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-2 | George Rait (D) | 97.2 | |
| LD-3 | L. D. Christensen (D) | 22.0 | |
| LD-4 | Stanley Wright (R) | 18.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Chester Reiten (R) | 7.1 | |
| LD-6 | Walter Erdman (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-7 | Ernest M. Sands (R) | 10.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Shirley Lee (R) | 12.5 | |
| LD-10 | Frank Shablow (D) | 18.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-12 | S. F. Hoffner (D) | 4.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-14 | Clarence Schultz (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-16 | Elton Ringsak (R) | 17.1 | |
| LD-18 | George Longmire (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-20 | Gilman A. Strand (R) | 8.9 | |
| LD-21 | Curtis Peterson (R) | 11.0 | |
| LD-22 | Ernest G. Pyle (R) | 20.7 | |
| LD-24 | Theron L. Strinden (R) | 25.7 | |
| LD-26 | James Smykowski (R) | 0.8 | |
| LD-27 | Kenneth Morgan (R) | 20.8 | |
| LD-28 | Claire Sandness (R) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | L. L. Naaden (R) | 46.2 | |
| LD-31 | Harry Iszler (R) | 17.3 | |
| LD-32 | Evan Lips (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-34 | Emil E. Kautzman (R) | 10.3 | |
| LD-36 | J. Garvin Jacobson (R) | 18.0 | |
| LD-38 | Robert Nasset (R) | 13.1 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
D 22 · R 56
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Charles Scofield · Dean Winkjer (R) | 4.6 | |
| LD-2 | Olaf Opedahl · Irven Jacobson (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | Richard Backes · Norman Livingston (D) | 8.3 | |
| LD-4 | Norman E. Grub · Larry Tinjum (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Brynhild Haugland · Harold Christensen (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Arnold Nermyr · Lawrence Marsden (R) | 1.3 | |
| LD-7 | Robert D. Hartl · Fern Lee (R) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Layton Freborg · Gordon Matheny (R) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-9 | Oscar Solberg · Gerhart Wilkie (D) | 14.9 | |
| LD-10 | John McGauvran · Earl Bassingthwaite (D) | 0.2 | |
| LD-11 | Charles F. Fleming · Alice Olson (DEM) | 3.2 | |
| LD-12 | Byron Langley · Joe Leibhan (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| LD-14 | Bryce Streibel · Bert F. Miller (REP) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | Dean Hildebrand · Charles Mertens (REP) | 3.3 | |
| LD-16 | Harley Kingsbury · H. Odell Berg (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-17 | Henry Lundene · Howard C. Johnson (D) | 4.7 | |
| LD-18 | I. O. Hensrud · Earl Strinden (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Enoch Thorsgaard · Oben Gunderson (R) | 17.3 | |
| LD-20 | Eldred N. Dornacker · Malcolm Tweten (R) | 2.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-21 | A. G. Bunker · Peter Hilleboe (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Francis E. Weber · Floyd Poyzer (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| LD-23 | Bruce Laughlin · Arnold Gronneberg (D) | 0.3 | |
| LD-24 | Ernest J. Miedema · Ralph Winge (REP) | 1.1 | |
| LD-25 | Earl Stoltenow · Leroy Hausauer (R) | 10.4 | |
| LD-26 | E. C. Laske · Leroy Erickson (R) | 5.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-27 | Lawrence Dick · Ralph Dotzenrod (REP) | 0.4 | |
| LD-28 | William Gackle · Joe Welder (R) | 7.5 | |
| LD-29 | Gordon Larson · Duane Rau · Robert Reimers · Henry Ganser (R) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | Wilbur Vandervorst · William Kretschmar (R) | 16.5 | |
| LD-31 | Theodore Lang · Orville Schindler (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-32 | Myron Atkinson · Vernon E. Wagner (R) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Ralph Hickle · Clarence Jaeger (R) | 9.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Alvin Royse · Violette Stasney Lagrave (R) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-35 | Albert L. Rivinius · Carl A. Meyer (REP) | 0.7 | |
| LD-36 | Ralph M. Christensen · Jack R. Murphy (R) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-37 | John F. Gengler · Jack Olin (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| LD-38 | Milon Austin · Kenneth Knudson (R) | 6.9 | |
| LD-39 | Earl C. Rundle · Karnes Johnson (R) | 3.7 |
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