1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for North Dakota Legislative District 12
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Joe Leibhan (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Byron Langley (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe LeibhanRepublican · winner
50.7%2,765
Byron LangleyDemocrat
49.3%2,689
5,458 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET