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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 North Dakota election results

Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1980 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races76
Changed party10
Unopposed4%3 races
Incumbents defeated12

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
North DakotaRonald Reagan (R)38.0

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
North DakotaAllen I. Olson (R)7.2Flipped

U.S. House

D 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALByron Dorgan (D)14.2Flipped

North Dakota State Senate

D 4 · R 20 · 8 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-2Bruce Bakewell (R)11.6Flipped
LD-4Stanley Wright (R)22.4
LD-6Mark Adams (R)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-8Shirley Lee (R)19.5
LD-10Frank Shablow (D)1.5
LD-12Joe Leibhan (R)1.4Flipped
LD-14Bryce Streibel (R)22.2
LD-16Harvey Tallackson (D)38.5
LD-18C. W. Goodman (R)68.6
LD-20Malcolm Tweten (R)8.9
LD-22Gary J. Nelson (R)20.7
LD-24Perry Grotberg (D)5.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26Leroy Erickson (R)30.7
LD-28Don Moore (R)15.1
LD-30L. L. Naaden (R)Unopposed
LD-32Marie Tierney (R)0.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-34Jan Dykshoorn (R)0.8Flipped
LD-36Ralph M. Christensen (R)21.0
LD-38Ronald Quail (R)7.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40Rolland Redlin (D)0.2Incumbent lost
LD-42Wayne Stenehjem (R)32.5Flipped
LD-44Curtis Peterson (R)20.1
LD-46Jens J. Tennefos (R)Unopposed
LD-48David E. Nething (R)39.2

North Dakota House of Representatives

D 27 · R 73

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Steve Hughes · Verdine Rice (R)5.0
LD-2Olaf Opedahl · Irven Jacobson (D)0.8
LD-3Orlin Hanson · Richard Backes (REP)1.3
LD-4Ruth Meiers · James Sorum (D)2.2
LD-5Mike Timm · Dave Koland (R)Unopposed
LD-6Carolyn Houmann · Lawrence Marsden (R)3.3
LD-7Herman Larson · Charles Anderson (R)6.9
LD-8Layton Freborg · Gordon Matheny (R)4.5
LD-9Oscar Solberg · Allen Richard (D)11.2
LD-10William Heigaard · Eugene Nicholas (DEM)4.5Incumbent lost
LD-11Alice Olson · Kenneth Olafson (R)4.1Incumbent lost
LD-12Bruce Larson · Roger Hill (DEM)1.2
LD-13Dan Olson · L. E. Berger (REP)0.4Incumbent lost
LD-14Kelley Boyum · Arthur Melby (R)10.1
LD-15Charles Mertens · Gordon Berg (D)3.8
LD-16William E. Gorder · Harley Kingsbury (R)11.3
LD-17Elaine Vig · Burness J. Reed (R)15.8
LD-18Earl Strinden · Thomas Kuchera (R)10.3
LD-19Dagne Olsen · Oben Gunderson (R)7.3
LD-20Peter Lipsiea · David W. Trent (R)2.0
LD-21Patricia Kelly · Paul Dubord (D)0.4
LD-22Joe Peltier · Dorothy Marshall Moum (R)7.4
LD-23Arvid Hedstrom · Robert J. Jacobsen (R)3.1
LD-24Earl Pomeroy · Dean Horgan (D)1.4Incumbent lost
LD-25Leroy Hausauer · Dayle Dietz (R)8.6
LD-26John Crabtree · Donald Zimbleman (R)0.5
LD-27Ralph Dotzenrod · Lawrence Dick (DEM)3.0
LD-28Jim Brokaw · Reuben Metz (DEM)0.3
LD-29Gordon Larson · Elmer Retzer (R)5.0
LD-30William Kretschmar · Wilbur Vandervorst (R)13.7
LD-31Orville Schindler · Theodore Lang (R)16.6
LD-32Serenus Hoffner · Roger Koski (D)1.1
LD-33Ronald Gunsch · Fred E. Nagel (R)10.2
LD-34Corliss Mushik · James Geri (D)7.9
LD-35Walter Meyer · Emil Riehl (D)4.4
LD-36Jack R. Murphy · Ronald Anderson (R)10.5
LD-37Francis Wald · William G. Goetz (R)7.2Incumbent lost
LD-38Clarence Martin · Kenneth Knudson (R)16.8
LD-39Kenneth Thompson · Joseph Whalen (R)2.2
LD-40Doug Mattson · Brynhild Haugland · James Peterson · Roy Rued (R)3.0
LD-41Janet Wentz · Franklin Huwe (R)0.7Incumbent lost
LD-42Glen Pomeroy · Gayle Reiten (DEM)1.4
LD-43Rosie Black · Moine R. Gates (R)7.5
LD-44Craig Richie · Marshall Moore (R)12.9
LD-45Steve Swiontek · Thomas Matchie (REP)0.4Incumbent lost
LD-46Richard Kloubec · Aloha Eagles (R)17.4
LD-47Pat Conmy · Vernon E. Wagner (R)2.9
LD-48Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP)0.4
LD-49Alvin Hausauer · Bob Martinson (R)8.3

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