2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for North Dakota Legislative District 45
North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota
Ron Sorvaag (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Tom Fiebiger (D) by 13.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ron SorvaagRepublican · winner
56.4%2,384
Tom FiebigerDemocrat · incumbent
43.5%1,836
4,224 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