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2014Final results

2014 election for North Dakota Legislative District 23

North Dakota State Senate · North Dakota

Joan Heckaman (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating John Jacobson (R) by 12.3 points.

Joan HeckamanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.2%2,946
John JacobsonRepublican
43.8%2,300
5,246 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+6.71998D+10.92002D+24.12006D+16.72010D+12.32014D+9.02018

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET