1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsSpecial election
1998 special election for North Dakota Legislative District 44
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Tim Flakoll (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Todd J. Simonson (D) by 11.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Tim FlakollRepublican · winner
55.8%2,615
Todd J. SimonsonDemocrat
44.2%2,070
4,685 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)