1972Final results
1972 election for North Dakota Legislative District 18
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
George Longmire (R) won with 15.8% of the vote, defeating C. W. Goodman (R) by 0.2 points.
George LongmireRepublican · winner · incumbent
15.8%10,293
C. W. GoodmanRepublican
15.6%10,169
Stella FritzellRepublican
14.9%9,700
Kenneth TwetenRepublican
13.9%9,049
Ben G. GustafsonDemocrat
12.4%8,058
Samuel O. GratzDemocrat
9.9%6,461
Nancy BordenDemocrat
9.3%6,036
William GardDemocrat
8.3%5,376
65,142 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET