2000Final results
2000 election for North Dakota Governor
Governor · North Dakota
John Hoeven (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Heidi Heitkamp (D) by 10.1 points.
John HoevenRepublican · winner
55.0%159,255
Heidi HeitkampDemocrat
45.0%130,144
289,399 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET