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North Dakota House of Representatives seat · former district

North Dakota Legislative District 48

13 elections since 1976: Democrats won 4, Republicans 1.

2000 election

Nov 7, 2000
  1. Joe Kroeber (D) · won · incumbent28.6%
  2. Lyle Hanson (D) · won · incumbent27.0%
  3. Charles Axtman (R)22.4%
  4. Delores M. Rath (R)22.0%

Full results →

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

Every election for this seat

13 races since 1976. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 1992
2000Joe Kroeber · Lyle Hanson (D)Charles Axtman (R)4.6
1998Joe Kroeber · Lyle Hanson (D)Charles Axtman (R)4.4
1996Lyle Hanson · Charles Axtman (DEM)Joe Kroeber (D)0.7
1994Lyle Hanson · Joe Kroeber (D)—Unopposed
1992Lyle Hanson · Joe Kroeber (D)Harold Trautman (R)1.1
Lines first used in 1982
1990Lyle Hanson · Harold Trautman (DEM)Arnie Becker (R)3.4
1988Lyle Hanson · Harold Trautman (DEM)David Gienger (D)10.4
1986Lyle Hanson · Harold Trautman (DEM)Tom Sagasar (D)4.6
1984Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP)Harold Trautman (R)2.9
1982Lyle Hanson · Michael Unhiem (DEM)Bill Meier (D)3.3
Lines first used in 1972
1980Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP)Charles Russell (R)0.4
1978Michael Unhiem · Lyle Hanson (REP)Charles Russell (R)1.0
1976Michael Unhiem · Charles Russell (R)Lyle Hanson (D)0.2

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)