1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 North Dakota election results

Every race on North Dakota's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races77

Changed party3

Unopposed12%9 races

Incumbents defeated10

U.S. Senate
U.S. House
North Dakota State Senate
North Dakota House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
North Dakota	Byron Dorgan (D)	28.0

U.S. House

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
ND-AL	Earl Pomeroy (D)	15.1

North Dakota State Senate

D 8 · R 18 · 3 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Stanley W. Lyson (R)	13.5	Flipped
LD-3	Randy A. Schobinger (R)	13.6
LD-5	Darlene C. Watne (R)	1.6
LD-7	Ken Solberg (R)	4.2
LD-9	Dennis Bercier (D)	39.0
LD-11	Tim Mathern (D)	10.5
LD-13	Judy Lee (R)	35.6
LD-15	John Traynor (R)	2.2
LD-17	Raymon E. Holmberg (R)	31.0
LD-19	Duane Mutch (R)	22.3
LD-21	Carolyn C. Nelson (D)	Unopposed
LD-23	Kenneth Kroeplin (D)	6.7
LD-25	Russell Thane (R)	Unopposed
LD-27	Joel Heitkamp (D)	27.7
LD-29	Terry Wanzek (R)	20.6
LD-31	Steve Tomac (D)	15.6
LD-33	Randel Christmann (R)	15.0
LD-35	Aaron Krauter (D)	30.7
LD-37	Richard P. Wardner (R)	34.6
LD-39	Bill Bowman (R)	35.0
LD-41	Tony Grindberg (R)	Unopposed
LD-43	Rod Saintaubyn (R)	Unopposed
LD-44	Tim Flakoll (R)	11.6	Flipped
LD-45	Deb Mathern (D)	2.0	Flipped
LD-47	Ralph L. Kilzer (R)	39.0
LD-49	Ed Kringstad (R)	24.1

North Dakota House of Representatives

D 34 · R 64

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Earl R. Rennerfeldt · Rex R. Byerly (R)	10.0
LD-2	Bob Stefonowicz · Dorvan Solberg (D)	6.1	Incumbent lost
LD-3	Janet Wentz · Andrew G. Maragos (R)	7.8
LD-4	Ron Nichols · John M. Warner (D)	12.9
LD-5	Elwood Thorpe · Mike Timm (DEM)	1.5
LD-6	Gerald O. Sveen · Glen Froseth (R)	0.6
LD-7	G. Jane Gunter · Jon Nelson (R)	Unopposed
LD-8	Jeff Delzer · Mick Grosz (R)	8.4
LD-9	Merle Boucher · Doug Lemieux (D)	Unopposed
LD-10	Dave Monson · Robert Nowatzki (REP)	1.2
LD-11	Scot Reierson Kelsh · Mary O. Ekstrom (D)	1.6	Incumbent lost
LD-12	Arlo E. Schmidt · Dennis Johnson (DEM)	4.6
LD-13	Kim Koppelman · Laurel Thoreson (R)	16.1
LD-14	Robin Weisz · Duane Dekrey (R)	3.3
LD-15	Eugene Nicholas · Curtis E. Brekke (R)	2.4
LD-16	William E. Gorder · Gil Herbel (R)	3.3
LD-17	Ken Svedjan · Roxanne Jensen (R)	Unopposed
LD-18	Eliot Glassheim · Lonny B. Winrich (D)	Unopposed
LD-19	Thomas Brusegaard · Ed Lloyd (R)	7.8
LD-20	Ole Aarsvold · Carol A. Niemeier (D)	6.2
LD-21	Sally Sandvig · Rachael Disrud (DEM)	2.8
LD-22	Jack Dalrymple · Wesley Belter (R)	13.5
LD-23	Bill Devlin · Dale C. Severson (R)	10.1
LD-24	Phil Mueller · Ralph Metcalf (D)	0.9	Incumbent lost
LD-25	Myron Koppang · Bruce Eckre (REP)	0.7	Incumbent lost
LD-26	Pam Gulleson · Mike Brandenburg (DEM)	2.6
LD-27	Howard Grumbo · Robert Huether (D)	5.3
LD-28	Ray H. Wikenheiser · Debra S. Lundgren (REP)	0.3	Incumbent lost
LD-29	April Fairfield · Chet Pollert (DEM)	1.2	Incumbent lost
LD-30	Ron Carlisle · Dale L. Henegar (R)	7.4
LD-31	James Boehm · Dennis Renner (R)	5.5
LD-32	Wanda Rose · Serenus Hoffner (D)	6.3
LD-33	Patrick Galvin · John Mahoney (REP)	1.0
LD-34	Rae Ann Kelsch · Todd Porter (R)	0.8	Incumbent lost
LD-35	James Kerzman · Rodney Froelich (D)	6.6
LD-36	Shirley Meyer · C. B. Haas (DEM)	1.3	Incumbent lost
LD-37	Nancy Johnson · Francis Wald (R)	8.1
LD-38	Stacey Mickelson · Ben Tollefson (R)	12.6
LD-39	David Drovdal · Keith Kempenich (R)	Unopposed
LD-40	Clara Sue Price · Matthew M. Klein (R)	7.4
LD-41	Al Carlson · Bette Grande (R)	9.9
LD-42	Jim Poolman · Amy Kliniske (R)	5.2
LD-43	Lois Delmore · Darrell Nottestad (DEM)	0.0
LD-44	Byron Clark · Blair Thoreson (R)	3.4
LD-45	Rick Berg · Leroy G. Bernstein (R)	12.0
LD-46	Kathy Hawken · John Dorso (R)	12.9
LD-47	George Keiser · Larry Klemin (R)	13.0
LD-48	Joe Kroeber · Lyle Hanson (D)	4.4	Incumbent lost
LD-49	Jon Martinson · Audrey Cleary (REP)	0.2	Incumbent lost

North Dakota

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab