DemocratNot in office · last served 2018Last on a ballot: Nov 2014

Carolyn C. Nelson

Last held office: North Dakota State Senate, District 21 (1994–2018). Ran in 11 elections between 1986 and 2014, winning 9.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Nelson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Nelson finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2014	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	Cindy Pfeiffer (R)	57.9%	D+15.7
2014	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	Primary	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
2010	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	Cindy Pfeiffer (R)	55.2%	D+10.9
2006	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	David Humphrey (R)	63.8%	D+27.5
2002	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	Jessica Lee (R)	58.2%	D+16.5
1998	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—
1994	North Dakota State Senate, District 21	General	Won	Darrell Bjornson (R)	55.7%	D+11.4
1992	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 21	General	Won	Ruth Holm (R), J. David Rostad (R), Greg Bonn (D)	26.7%	R+1.1
1990	North Dakota State Senate, District 45	General	Lost	Donna Nalewaja (R)	42.8%	R+14.4
1988	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 45	General	Lost	Rick Berg (R), Leroy G. Bernstein (R), Winnie Stadter (D)	25.1%	R+4.0
1986	North Dakota House of Representatives, District 45	General	Won	Rick Berg (R), Leroy G. Bernstein (R), Bill Bartkowski (D)	24.8%	R+5.5