1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for North Dakota Legislative District 7
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Ken Solberg (R) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Ben Axtmen (D) by 18.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken SolbergRepublican · winner
59.1%2,641
Ben AxtmenDemocrat · incumbent
40.9%1,827
4,468 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