1974 general · November 4, 1974
1974 North Dakota election results
Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1974 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races57
Changed party2
Unopposed11%6 races
Incumbents defeated16
North Dakota State Senate
D 8 · R 11 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Frank Wenstrom (R) | 12.7 | |
| LD-3 | L. D. Christensen (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-5 | Jerome Walsh (D) | 0.0 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-7 | Ernest M. Sands (R) | 11.3 | |
| LD-9 | Phillip Berube (D) | 50.3 | |
| LD-11 | F. Vosper (R) | 14.0 | |
| LD-15 | Kent Jones (R) | 15.6 | |
| LD-17 | Lester Larson (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-19 | Duane Mutch (R) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-21 | Herschel Lashkowitz (D) | 1.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Arthur Gronhovd (D) | 7.3 | |
| LD-25 | Russell Thane (R) | 16.1 | |
| LD-27 | Kenneth Morgan (R) | 0.8 | |
| LD-29 | David E. Nething (R) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-31 | Harry Iszler (R) | 6.5 | |
| LD-33 | Robert L. Stroup (R) | 25.8 | |
| LD-35 | Francis Barth (D) | 24.1 | |
| LD-37 | Howard A. Freed (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-39 | John Maher (D) | 5.3 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
D 32 · R 46
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Charles Scofield · Dean Winkjer (R) | 0.0 | |
| LD-2 | Irven Jacobson · Olaf Opedahl (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | Richard Backes · George Benedict (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-4 | Larry Tinjum · Ruth Meiers (D) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Brynhild Haugland · Marge Kermott (R) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Lawrence Marsden · Arnold Nermyr (R) | 4.7 | |
| LD-7 | Fern Lee · Richard Rocheleau (REP) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Layton Freborg · Gordon Matheny (R) | 4.3 | |
| LD-9 | Oscar Solberg · Gerhart Wilkie (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | John McGauvran · Eugene Nicholas (DEM) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11 | Alice Olson · Charles F. Fleming (REP) | 1.7 | |
| LD-12 | Joe Leibhan · Byron Langley (REP) | 1.2 | |
| LD-14 | Bert F. Miller · Stephen H. Farrington (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | Dean Hildebrand · Charles Mertens (REP) | 9.8 | |
| LD-16 | H. Odell Berg · Leonard Fagerholt (REP) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-17 | Henry Lundene · Howard C. Johnson (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-18 | Charles Orange · Terry Irving (D) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Oben Gunderson · Enoch Thorsgaard (R) | 3.1 | |
| LD-20 | Malcolm Tweten · Herbert A. Anderson (REP) | 0.5 | |
| LD-21 | Patricia Kelly · Kay Cann (D) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Francis E. Weber · Anna Powers (D) | 9.5 | |
| LD-23 | Bruce Laughlin · Arnold Gronneberg (D) | 8.0 | |
| LD-24 | Lynn Clancy · Ralph Winge (D) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-25 | Leroy Hausauer · Warren Schuett (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-26 | E. C. Laske · Leroy Erickson (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-27 | Ralph Dotzenrod · Lawrence Dick (DEM) | 2.1 | |
| LD-28 | William Gackle · Reuben Metz (R) | 2.5 | |
| LD-29 | Duane Rau · Robert Reimers · Gordon Larson · Michael Unhiem (R) | 1.7 | |
| LD-30 | William Kretschmar · Wilbur Vandervorst (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-31 | Theodore Lang · Orville Schindler (R) | 1.9 | |
| LD-32 | Myron Atkinson · Vernon E. Wagner (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Clarence Jaeger · Ralph Hickle (R) | 1.4 | |
| LD-34 | Corliss Mushik · Alvin Royse (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-35 | Walter Meyer · Albert L. Rivinius (DEM) | 0.3 | |
| LD-36 | Ralph M. Christensen · Jack R. Murphy (R) | 4.9 | |
| LD-37 | Jack Olin · William G. Goetz (R) | 1.4 | |
| LD-38 | Clarence Martin · Kenneth Knudson (R) | 3.2 | |
| LD-39 | Karnes Johnson · Earl C. Rundle (R) | 2.5 |
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