1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for North Dakota Legislative District 6
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Mark Adams (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Walter Erdman (D) by 5.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mark AdamsRepublican · winner
52.5%3,068
Walter ErdmanDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%2,776
5,846 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