1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for North Dakota Legislative District 39
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Bill Bowman (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating R. R. Maixner (D) by 10.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill BowmanRepublican · winner
55.3%2,935
R. R. MaixnerDemocrat · incumbent
44.7%2,373
5,308 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET