1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 North Dakota election results
Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races80
Changed party6
Unopposed6%5 races
Incumbents defeated9
- President
- U.S. Senate
- Governors
- U.S. House
- North Dakota State Senate
- North Dakota House of Representatives
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | George H.w. Bush (R) | 13.1 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | Quentin Burdick (D) | 20.4 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | George A. Sinner (D) | 19.8 |
U.S. House
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ND-AL | Byron L. Dorgansteve Sydness (D) | 42.7 |
North Dakota State Senate
D 14 · R 11 · 6 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-2 | Erwin M. Hanson (D) | 7.6 | Flipped |
| LD-4 | Meyer D. Kinnoin (D) | 6.4 | Flipped |
| LD-6 | David Paul O"Connell (D) | 29.0 | Flipped |
| LD-8 | Layton Freborg (R) | 8.5 | |
| LD-10 | William Heigaard (D) | 11.7 | |
| LD-12 | Byron Langley (D) | 26.0 | |
| LD-14 | Bryce Streibel (R) | 28.8 | |
| LD-16 | Harvey Tallackson (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-17 | Jack Ingstad (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-20 | Clark Ewen (D) | 17.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-22 | Gary J. Nelson (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-24 | Larry Robinson (D) | 16.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-26 | Jerome Kelsh (D) | 21.8 | |
| LD-28 | Don Moore (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-30 | L. L. Naaden (R) | 26.9 | |
| LD-32 | Bonnie Millerheinrich (D) | 18.3 | |
| LD-34 | Corliss Mushik (D) | 19.6 | |
| LD-36 | Dean Jay Meyer (D) | 27.6 | |
| LD-38 | Ray David (R) | 0.5 | |
| LD-40 | Rolland Redlin (D) | 0.4 | Flipped |
| LD-42 | Wayne Stenehjem (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-44 | Curtis Peterson (R) | 2.3 | |
| LD-46 | Jens J. Tennefos (R) | 25.8 | |
| LD-48 | David E. Nething (R) | 10.6 | |
| LD-52 | Joseph A. Satrom (D) | 9.2 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
D 44 · R 62
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Dan Gerhardt · James A. Haugen (DEM) | 2.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-2 | Jeremy Nelson · Raymond Schmidt (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| LD-3 | Orlin Hanson · Kevin Kolbo (REP) | 3.9 | |
| LD-4 | June Y. Enget · Richard L. Solberg (D) | 9.2 | |
| LD-5 | Lynn W. Aas · Mike Timm (R) | 0.0 | |
| LD-6 | Kathi Gilmore · Beth Smette (DEM) | 2.9 | |
| LD-7 | Quentin E. Christman · Gene Watne (REP) | 0.7 | |
| LD-8 | Bob Oshea · Diane Ness (D) | 4.3 | |
| LD-9 | Patricia Demers · Gerry L. Wilkie (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Robert Nowatzki · Eugene Nicholas (DEM) | 6.9 | |
| LD-11 | Alice Olson · Rosemarie Myrdal (R) | 11.7 | |
| LD-12 | Bill Starke · Vernon Thompson (D) | 11.6 | |
| LD-13 | Jay Lindgren · Rodney Larson (R) | 15.0 | |
| LD-14 | Arthur Melby · John W. Howard (R) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | Charles Mertens · Gordon Berg (D) | 10.3 | |
| LD-16 | Harley Kingsbury · William C. Skjerven (REP) | 12.1 | |
| LD-17 | Judy L. Demers · Roxanne Jensen · Grant Shaft · Richard Scott Clayburgh (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-19 | Don Shide · Dagne Olsen (R) | 4.4 | |
| LD-20 | Lee Kaldor · David W. Kent (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-21 | Patricia Kelly · John Schneider (D) | 13.0 | |
| LD-22 | Wesley Belter · Jack Dalrymple (R) | 3.1 | |
| LD-23 | Bruce Laughlin · Odell Flaagan (D) | 9.1 | |
| LD-24 | Gerald Gerntholz · Vince Olson (R) | 3.9 | |
| LD-25 | Leroy Hausauer · Allan Stenehjem (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-26 | Scott B. Stofferahn · John Hokana (D) | 9.9 | |
| LD-27 | Adella Williams · Robert Huether (D) | 8.7 | |
| LD-28 | Jim Brokaw · Kelly Shockman (D) | 4.6 | |
| LD-29 | Dale Marks · Wade Williams (D) | 6.0 | |
| LD-30 | William Kretschmar · Wilbur Vandervorst (R) | 7.3 | |
| LD-31 | Orville Schindler · Theodore Lang (R) | 8.7 | |
| LD-32 | Serenus Hoffner · Bill Oban (D) | 10.3 | |
| LD-33 | Ronald Gunsch · Gary Knell (R) | 1.2 | |
| LD-34 | Dan Ulmer · James Geri (D) | 5.4 | |
| LD-35 | Mike Schatz · Richard Kouba (R) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-36 | Ronald Anderson · Jack R. Murphy (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-37 | William G. Goetz · Francis Wald (R) | 7.2 | |
| LD-38 | Clarence Martin · Herbert Urlacher (R) | 11.7 | |
| LD-39 | Kenneth Thompson · Joseph Whalen (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-40 | Brynhild Haugland · Ben Tollefson · Bruce Anderson · James Peterson (REP) | 0.4 | |
| LD-41 | Janet Wentz · Kenneth O. Frey (REP) | 7.8 | |
| LD-42 | Sarah A. Carlson · Jennifer E. Ring (D) | 1.8 | |
| LD-43 | Jayson Graba · Moine R. Gates (DEM) | 6.7 | |
| LD-44 | Catherine Scherber · Al Soukup (DEM) | 0.8 | |
| LD-45 | Rick Berg · Leroy G. Bernstein (R) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-46 | Steve Gorman · John Dorso (R) | 2.5 | |
| LD-47 | Cathy Rydell · Bill Sorensen (R) | 15.8 | |
| LD-48 | Lyle Hanson · Harold Trautman (DEM) | 10.4 | |
| LD-49 | Bob Martinson · Alvin Hausauer (R) | 2.5 | |
| LD-51 | Richard Kloubec · Douglas Payne (R) | 2.9 | |
| LD-52 | Gerald A. Halmrast · Diane Larson (DEM) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-53 | Dick Tokach · Steve Tomac (REP) | 3.5 |
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