1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for North Dakota Legislative District 45
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Deb Mathern (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating John O. Syverson (R) by 2.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Deb MathernDemocrat · winner
51.0%1,942
John O. SyversonRepublican
49.0%1,867
3,809 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