2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Dakota Legislative District 43
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Lonnie Laffen (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Jonell Bakke (D) by 5.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lonnie LaffenRepublican · winner
52.8%2,102
Jonell BakkeDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%1,872
3,981 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