2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Dakota Legislative District 3
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Oley Larsen (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Robert M. Horne (D) by 8.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Oley LarsenRepublican · winner
54.3%2,424
Robert M. HorneDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%2,035
4,465 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET