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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 North Dakota election results

Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races75
Changed party4
Unopposed11%8 races
Incumbents defeated24

U.S. House

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALMark Andrews (R)36.2

North Dakota State Senate

D 4 · R 21 · 4 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Frank Wenstrom (R)Unopposed
LD-3Marvin Sorum (R)1.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-5Harold Christensen (R)38.9
LD-7Ernest M. Sands (R)27.4
LD-9Phillip Berube (D)Unopposed
LD-11F. Vosper (R)29.5
LD-13Clayton Lodoen (R)18.5
LD-15Kent Jones (R)7.3
LD-17Raymon E. Holmberg (R)Unopposed
LD-19Duane Mutch (R)10.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21Herschel Lashkowitz (D)25.5
LD-23James M. Cussons (R)11.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-25Russell Thane (R)33.1
LD-27Kenneth Morgan (R)0.0
LD-29Robert Melland (R)15.0
LD-31Harry Iszler (R)6.0
LD-33Robert Albers (R)88.3
LD-35Francis Barth (D)6.5
LD-37Jack Olin (R)5.9
LD-39Leland Roen (R)1.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-41Jerome Walsh (D)12.5
LD-43Stella Fritzell (R)36.4
LD-45Donald W. Hanson (R)22.4
LD-47Evan Lips (R)Unopposed
LD-49I. E. Solberg (R)22.5

North Dakota House of Representatives

D 30 · R 70

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Charles Scofield · Dean Winkjer (R)Unopposed
LD-2Irven Jacobson · Olaf Opedahl (D)Unopposed
LD-3Richard Backes · Pauline M. Benedict (D)3.8
LD-4Larry Tinjum · Ruth Meiers (D)9.8
LD-5Marge Kermott · Mike Timm (R)16.0
LD-6Lawrence Marsden · Carolyn Houmann (R)0.1Incumbent lost
LD-7Herman Larson · Fern Lee (R)4.7Incumbent lost
LD-8Gordon Matheny · Layton Freborg (R)3.1Incumbent lost
LD-9Oscar Solberg · Allen Richard (D)Unopposed
LD-10Eugene Nicholas · Howard Hove (R)1.6Incumbent lost
LD-11Alice Olson · Charles F. Fleming (REP)2.0
LD-12Joe Leibhan · Byron Langley (REP)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-13L. E. Berger · Florenz Bjornson (DEM)0.8
LD-14Kelley Boyum · Arthur Melby (R)3.8Incumbent lost
LD-15Charles Mertens · Gordon Berg (D)1.6
LD-16William E. Gorder · Harley Kingsbury (R)9.2Incumbent lost
LD-17Burness J. Reed · Elaine Vig (R)4.2
LD-18Thomas Kuchera · Earl Strinden (R)16.9
LD-19Oben Gunderson · Enoch Thorsgaard (R)6.4
LD-20Peter Lipsiea · Malcolm Tweten (R)6.4
LD-21Patricia Kelly · Paul Dubord (D)7.6
LD-22Joe Peltier · Francis E. Weber (REP)1.8Incumbent lost
LD-23Arvid Hedstrom · Robert J. Jacobsen (R)0.9Incumbent lost
LD-24Donald Berge · Franklin Larson (R)2.4Incumbent lost
LD-25Leroy Hausauer · Dayle Dietz (R)5.6Incumbent lost
LD-26Leroy Erickson · John Crabtree (R)7.5
LD-27Ralph Dotzenrod · Lawrence Dick (DEM)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-28Jim Brokaw · William Gackle (DEM)0.5Incumbent lost
LD-29Elmer Retzer · Gordon Larson (R)1.5
LD-30Wilbur Vandervorst · William Kretschmar (R)22.9
LD-31Theodore Lang · Orville Schindler (R)12.1
LD-32Serenus Hoffner · Roger Koski (D)2.6Incumbent lost
LD-33Ronald Gunsch · Ralph Hickle (R)9.4
LD-34Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D)1.9
LD-35Walter Meyer · Emil Riehl (D)3.2
LD-36Jack R. Murphy · Ralph M. Christensen (R)6.3
LD-37Francis Wald · Bill Lardy (REP)0.3
LD-38Clarence Martin · Kenneth Knudson (DEM)Unopposed
LD-39R. R. Maixner · Kenneth Thompson (DEM)1.2Incumbent lost
LD-40Brynhild Haugland · Doug Mattson · James Peterson · Roy Rued (R)0.9Incumbent lost
LD-41Janet Wentz · J. Mikel Walsh (REP)0.2
LD-42Wayne Stenehjem · Glen Pomeroy (REP)9.5Incumbent lost
LD-43Rosie Black · H. C. Wessman (R)3.9Incumbent lost
LD-44Craig Richie · Jean E. Herman (R)16.6
LD-45Steve Swiontek · James W. Kennelly (R)1.4Incumbent lost
LD-46Richard Kloubec · Aloha Eagles (R)20.1
LD-47Vernon E. Wagner · Pat Conmy (R)5.2
LD-48Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP)1.0Incumbent lost
LD-49Alvin Hausauer · Bob Martinson (R)10.5

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab