1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for North Dakota Legislative District 3
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Marvin Sorum (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Rodney A. Mau (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Marvin SorumRepublican · winner
50.6%2,178
Rodney A. MauDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%2,125
4,304 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET