1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 North Dakota House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every North Dakota House of Representatives district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 98 seats
After the electionD 26 · R 72
Races49
Changed party0
Unopposed10%5 races
Incumbents defeated5
Every district
D 26 · R 72
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Earl R. Rennerfeldt · Rex R. Byerly (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-2 | Bob Skarphol · Jim Torgerson (R) | 4.6 | |
| LD-3 | Janet Wentz · Andrew G. Maragos (R) | 10.8 | |
| LD-4 | Ron Nichols · John M. Warner (D) | 5.6 | |
| LD-5 | Elwood Thorpe · Mike Timm (DEM) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-6 | Glen Froseth · Gerald O. Sveen (R) | 3.9 | |
| LD-7 | G. Jane Gunter · Jon Nelson (R) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-8 | Jeff Delzer · Mick Grosz (R) | 15.1 | |
| LD-9 | Gerry L. Wilkie · Merle Boucher (D) | 25.2 | |
| LD-10 | Alice Olson · Dave Monson (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-11 | Chris Christopherson · Scot Reierson Kelsh (REP) | 0.2 | |
| LD-12 | Arlo E. Schmidt · Dennis Johnson (DEM) | 6.6 | |
| LD-13 | Kim Koppelman · Laurel Thoreson (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-14 | Duane Dekrey · Robin Weisz (R) | 12.7 | |
| LD-15 | Richard Kunkel · Eugene Nicholas (R) | 6.2 | |
| LD-16 | William E. Gorder · Lynn Thompson (R) | 2.0 | |
| LD-17 | Ken Svedjan · Roxanne Jensen (R) | 7.8 | |
| LD-18 | Linda Christenson · Eliot Glassheim (D) | 8.4 | |
| LD-19 | Ed Lloyd · Thomas Brusegaard (R) | 11.6 | |
| LD-20 | Ole Aarsvold · Carol A. Niemeier (D) | 3.4 | |
| LD-21 | Sally Sandvig · Mike Callahan (D) | 0.8 | |
| LD-22 | Jack Dalrymple · Wesley Belter (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-23 | Bill Devlin · Kenneth Kroeplin (REP) | 0.8 | |
| LD-24 | Leland Sabby · Gerald Gerntholz (R) | 11.8 | |
| LD-25 | Leroy Hausauer · Allan Stenehjem (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-26 | Pam Gulleson · Mike Brandenburg (D) | 5.0 | |
| LD-27 | Howard Grumbo · Robert Huether (D) | 3.0 | |
| LD-28 | Tom D. Freier · William Kretschmar (R) | 1.7 | |
| LD-29 | Paul Murphy · April Fairfield (REP) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-30 | Dale L. Henegar · Ron Carlisle (R) | 9.8 | |
| LD-31 | James Boehm · Dennis Renner (R) | 3.7 | |
| LD-32 | Bill Oban · Wanda Rose (D) | 1.3 | |
| LD-33 | Patrick Galvin · John Mahoney (REP) | 5.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Rae Ann Kelsch · James Coats (REP) | 3.2 | |
| LD-35 | James Kerzman · Leonard J. Jacobs (DEM) | 5.3 | |
| LD-36 | Clarence Martin · Grant C. Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-37 | Richard P. Wardner · Francis Wald (R) | 13.0 | |
| LD-38 | Ben Tollefson · Stacey Mickelson (R) | 10.7 | |
| LD-39 | David Drovdal · Keith Kempenich (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-40 | Clara Sue Price · Matthew M. Klein (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-41 | Al Carlson · Bette Grande (R) | 4.4 | |
| LD-42 | Amy Kliniske · Jim Poolman (R) | 7.3 | |
| LD-43 | Lois Delmore · Darrell Nottestad (DEM) | 0.6 | |
| LD-44 | Al Soukup · Tony Clark (R) | 7.8 | |
| LD-45 | Rick Berg · Leroy G. Bernstein (R) | 12.7 | |
| LD-46 | Kathy Hawken · John Dorso (R) | 6.7 | |
| LD-47 | George Keiser · Ralph L. Kilzer (R) | 9.4 | |
| LD-48 | Lyle Hanson · Charles Axtman (DEM) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-49 | Bob Martinson · Connie Johnsen (R) | 4.4 |
North Dakota House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner