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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 North Dakota election results

Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races92
Changed party7
Unopposed1%1 races
Incumbents defeated17

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
North DakotaGerald Ford (R)5.9

U.S. Senate

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
North DakotaQuentin Burdick (D)25.5

Governors

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
North DakotaArthur A. Link (D)5.1

U.S. House

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALMark Andrews (R)26.5

North Dakota State Senate

D 15 · R 24 · 7 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-2George Rait (D)Unopposed
LD-3Rodney A. Mau (D)5.7
LD-4Stanley Wright (R)19.3
LD-5Harold Christensen (R)37.1Flipped
LD-6Walter Erdman (D)14.6
LD-8Shirley Lee (R)7.3
LD-10Frank Shablow (D)17.6
LD-11F. Vosper (R)9.3
LD-12S. F. Hoffner (D)36.1
LD-13Clayton Lodoen (R)0.1
LD-14Stephen H. Farrington (R)20.2
LD-16Harvey Tallackson (D)27.1Flipped
LD-17Raymon E. Holmberg (R)28.1Flipped
LD-18C. W. Goodman (R)34.3
LD-19Arnold Pietron (D)0.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-20Gilman A. Strand (R)0.4
LD-21Herschel Lashkowitz (D)36.4
LD-22Gary J. Nelson (R)5.9
LD-23Lester Larson (D)11.2
LD-24Theron L. Strinden (R)10.5
LD-26James Smykowski (R)1.2
LD-28Claire Sandness (R)16.1
LD-29Robert Melland (R)19.4
LD-30L. L. Naaden (R)18.8
LD-32Bonnie Millerheinrich (D)2.2Flipped
LD-33Robert Albers (R)11.7
LD-34Lester J. Schirado (D)8.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-36J. Garvin Jacobson (R)4.3
LD-38Adam Krauter (D)2.4Flipped
LD-40Rolland Redlin (D)0.1Incumbent lost
LD-41Jerome Walsh (D)23.1
LD-42Charles Orange (D)26.6
LD-43Stella Fritzell (R)22.7
LD-44Curtis Peterson (R)8.5
LD-45Donald W. Hanson (R)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-46Jens J. Tennefos (R)7.2Incumbent lost
LD-47Evan Lips (R)40.1
LD-48David E. Nething (R)19.5
LD-49I. E. Solberg (R)21.6

North Dakota House of Representatives

D 49 · R 51

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Charles Scofield · Dean Winkjer (R)2.4
LD-2Olaf Opedahl · Irven Jacobson (D)18.3
LD-3Richard Backes · Pauline M. Benedict (D)6.1
LD-4Larry Tinjum · Ruth Meiers (D)8.8
LD-5Marge Kermott · Mike Timm (R)7.4
LD-6Larry Herslip · Lawrence Marsden (DEM)0.9
LD-7Richard Rocheleau · Fern Lee (DEM)0.3
LD-8Bob Oshea · Gordon Hill (D)0.7Incumbent lost
LD-9Oscar Solberg · Allen Richard (D)17.6
LD-10John McGauvran · Eugene Nicholas (DEM)3.0
LD-11Alice Olson · Charles F. Fleming (REP)2.4Incumbent lost
LD-12Byron Langley · Bruce Larson (D)5.0Incumbent lost
LD-13L. E. Berger · Ray Metzger (D)3.1
LD-14Bert F. Miller · Alvin Polreis (DEM)0.1
LD-15Charles Mertens · Gordon Berg (D)2.9
LD-16Henry Lundene · Howard C. Johnson (D)0.3
LD-17Louise Rosanne Black · Burness J. Reed (R)2.9
LD-18Earl Strinden · Thomas Kuchera (R)3.3Incumbent lost
LD-19Oben Gunderson · Enoch Thorsgaard (R)0.8
LD-20Malcolm Tweten · Peter Lipsiea (R)2.4
LD-21Patricia Kelly · Paul Dubord (D)5.6Incumbent lost
LD-22Francis E. Weber · Anna Powers (D)7.0
LD-23Bruce Laughlin · Arnold Gronneberg (D)14.1
LD-24Ralph Winge · Dean Horgan (D)10.3
LD-25Leroy Hausauer · Warren Schuett (REP)2.0
LD-26Leroy Erickson · John Crabtree (R)3.1
LD-27Ralph Dotzenrod · Bernice Anderson (D)3.8Incumbent lost
LD-28William Gackle · Reuben Metz (R)3.1
LD-29Duane Rau · Gordon Larson (R)0.9
LD-30Wilbur Vandervorst · William Kretschmar (R)17.1
LD-31Theodore Lang · Orville Schindler (R)5.7
LD-32Harold Mund · Larry Richter (REP)0.1
LD-33Ronald Gunsch · Ralph Hickle (R)4.0
LD-34Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D)9.6
LD-35Walter Meyer · Emil Riehl (D)2.6Incumbent lost
LD-36Ralph M. Christensen · Jack R. Murphy (R)4.4
LD-37John F. Gengler · Bill Lardy (D)3.5Incumbent lost
LD-38Clarence Martin · Kenneth Knudson (R)14.6
LD-39R. R. Maixner · Doug Nordby (D)2.6Incumbent lost
LD-40Brynhild Haugland · James Peterson · Roy Rued · Richard Lokken (REP)0.9
LD-41J. Mikel Walsh · Janet Wentz (DEM)1.0
LD-42Wayne Stenehjem · Joann McCaffrey (REP)2.7Incumbent lost
LD-43Dan Rylance · Gene Martin (D)3.1
LD-44Craig Richie · Jean E. Herman (R)4.9
LD-45Steve Swiontek · Thomas Matchie (REP)2.3Incumbent lost
LD-46Richard Kloubec · Aloha Eagles (R)5.4Incumbent lost
LD-47Pat Conmy · Vernon E. Wagner (R)11.8
LD-48Michael Unhiem · Charles Russell (R)0.2
LD-49Alvin Hausauer · Bob Martinson (R)5.8

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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab