1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for North Dakota Legislative District 34
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Dwight Cook (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Corliss Mushik (D) by 6.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dwight CookRepublican · winner
53.4%2,809
Corliss MushikDemocrat · incumbent
46.6%2,454
5,263 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET