1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 North Dakota House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every North Dakota House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats
After the electionD 30 · R 70
Races49
Changed party0
Unopposed8%4 races
Incumbents defeated20
Every district
D 30 · R 70
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Charles Scofield · Dean Winkjer (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-2 | Irven Jacobson · Olaf Opedahl (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-3 | Richard Backes · Pauline M. Benedict (D) | 3.8 | |
| LD-4 | Larry Tinjum · Ruth Meiers (D) | 9.8 | |
| LD-5 | Marge Kermott · Mike Timm (R) | 16.0 | |
| LD-6 | Lawrence Marsden · Carolyn Houmann (R) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-7 | Herman Larson · Fern Lee (R) | 4.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Gordon Matheny · Layton Freborg (R) | 3.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-9 | Oscar Solberg · Allen Richard (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Eugene Nicholas · Howard Hove (R) | 1.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11 | Alice Olson · Charles F. Fleming (REP) | 2.0 | |
| LD-12 | Joe Leibhan · Byron Langley (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-13 | L. E. Berger · Florenz Bjornson (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| LD-14 | Kelley Boyum · Arthur Melby (R) | 3.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | Charles Mertens · Gordon Berg (D) | 1.6 | |
| LD-16 | William E. Gorder · Harley Kingsbury (R) | 9.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-17 | Burness J. Reed · Elaine Vig (R) | 4.2 | |
| LD-18 | Thomas Kuchera · Earl Strinden (R) | 16.9 | |
| LD-19 | Oben Gunderson · Enoch Thorsgaard (R) | 6.4 | |
| LD-20 | Peter Lipsiea · Malcolm Tweten (R) | 6.4 | |
| LD-21 | Patricia Kelly · Paul Dubord (D) | 7.6 | |
| LD-22 | Joe Peltier · Francis E. Weber (REP) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Arvid Hedstrom · Robert J. Jacobsen (R) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-24 | Donald Berge · Franklin Larson (R) | 2.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-25 | Leroy Hausauer · Dayle Dietz (R) | 5.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-26 | Leroy Erickson · John Crabtree (R) | 7.5 | |
| LD-27 | Ralph Dotzenrod · Lawrence Dick (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-28 | Jim Brokaw · William Gackle (DEM) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-29 | Elmer Retzer · Gordon Larson (R) | 1.5 | |
| LD-30 | Wilbur Vandervorst · William Kretschmar (R) | 22.9 | |
| LD-31 | Theodore Lang · Orville Schindler (R) | 12.1 | |
| LD-32 | Serenus Hoffner · Roger Koski (D) | 2.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Ronald Gunsch · Ralph Hickle (R) | 9.4 | |
| LD-34 | Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D) | 1.9 | |
| LD-35 | Walter Meyer · Emil Riehl (D) | 3.2 | |
| LD-36 | Jack R. Murphy · Ralph M. Christensen (R) | 6.3 | |
| LD-37 | Francis Wald · Bill Lardy (REP) | 0.3 | |
| LD-38 | Clarence Martin · Kenneth Knudson (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| LD-39 | R. R. Maixner · Kenneth Thompson (DEM) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-40 | Brynhild Haugland · Doug Mattson · James Peterson · Roy Rued (R) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-41 | Janet Wentz · J. Mikel Walsh (REP) | 0.2 | |
| LD-42 | Wayne Stenehjem · Glen Pomeroy (REP) | 9.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-43 | Rosie Black · H. C. Wessman (R) | 3.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-44 | Craig Richie · Jean E. Herman (R) | 16.6 | |
| LD-45 | Steve Swiontek · James W. Kennelly (R) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-46 | Richard Kloubec · Aloha Eagles (R) | 20.1 | |
| LD-47 | Vernon E. Wagner · Pat Conmy (R) | 5.2 | |
| LD-48 | Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-49 | Alvin Hausauer · Bob Martinson (R) | 10.5 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
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