1984Final results

1984 election for North Dakota Legislative District 40

Name: 1984 election for North Dakota Legislative District 40
Start: 1984-11-06
Location: North Dakota

North Dakota House of Representatives · North Dakota

4 seats: Brynhild Haugland (R), James Peterson (R), Ben Tollefson (R), Thomas J. Lautenschlager (D) won.

4 seats

Brynhild HauglandRepublican · winner · incumbent

17.1%4,702

James PetersonRepublican · winner · incumbent

15.6%4,282

Ben TollefsonRepublican · winner

14.9%4,106

Thomas J. LautenschlagerDemocrat · winner · incumbent

13.0%3,581

12.5%3,434

11.0%3,010

10.0%2,739

5.9%1,624

27,478 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 1984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET