1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for North Dakota Legislative District 1
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Stanley W. Lyson (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Doug Hoffman (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stanley W. LysonRepublican · winner
56.7%2,445
Doug HoffmanDemocrat
43.3%1,864
4,309 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET