1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for North Dakota Legislative District 5
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Jerome Walsh (D) won with 14.4% of the vote, defeating Chester Reiten (R) by 0.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jerome WalshDemocrat · winner
14.4%7,154
Chester ReitenRepublican · incumbent
14.3%7,130
Rolland RedlinDemocrat
14.2%7,070
Harold ChristensenRepublican
13.7%6,817
Milo BorstadRepublican
11.8%5,886
Russel K. SchmidtDemocrat
10.7%5,313
Leonard O. RiceRepublican
10.5%5,229
Doug HoagDemocrat
10.3%5,122
49,721 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET