2020 North Dakota House of Representatives election

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November 3, 2020

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46 out of 94 seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives
46 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Lawrence Klemin	Joshua Boschee
Party	Republican	Democratic–NPL
Leader's seat	47th District	44th District
Seats before	79	15
Seats after	80	14
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	209,433	86,819
Percentage	70.16%	29.09%

Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic-NPL hold
     No election

Speaker before election

Lawrence Klemin
Republican

Elected Speaker

Lawrence Klemin
Republican

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Elections to the North Dakota House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020. A total of 46 seats out of 94 were up for re-election.

The primary election was held on June 9, 2020.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	October 21, 2020

Results

District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46

District 2

North Dakota House of Representatives District 2 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Longmuir (incumbent)	7,501	50.38%
	Republican	Bert Anderson (incumbent)	7,260	48.76%
	Write-In	Write-in	128	0.86%
Total votes			14,889	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 4

North Dakota House of Representatives District 4 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clayton Fegley (incumbent)	4,325	34.52%
	Republican	Terry Jones (incumbent)	3,959	31.60%
	Democratic–NPL	Thomasina Mandan	2,283	18.22%
	Democratic–NPL	Hunter L Andes	1,953	15.59%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.08%
Total votes			12,530	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 6

North Dakota House of Representatives District 6 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Anderson (incumbent)	5,445	39.51%
	Republican	Paul Thomas	5,089	36.93%
	Democratic–NPL	Trygve Hammer	1,621	11.76%
	Democratic–NPL	Arnold W Langehaug	1,617	11.73%
	Write-In	Write-in	8	0.06%
Total votes			13,780	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 8

North Dakota House of Representatives District 8 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Nehring (incumbent)	6,794	40.70%
	Republican	David Andahl	5,929	35.52%
	Democratic–NPL	Kathrin Volochenko	1,905	11.41%
	Democratic–NPL	Linda Babb	1,651	9.89%
	Write-In	Write-in	412	2.47%
Total votes			16,691	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 10

North Dakota House of Representatives District 10 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Monson (incumbent)	4,815	38.58%
	Republican	Chuck Damschen (incumbent)	4,414	35.37%
	Democratic–NPL	Elsie Blair Magnus	1,707	13.68%
	Democratic–NPL	Melissa Anderson	1,535	12.30%
	Write-In	Write-in	9	0.07%
Total votes			12,480	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 12

North Dakota House of Representatives District 12 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bernie Satrom (incumbent)	3,423	31.64%
	Republican	Mitch Ostlie	3,321	30.70%
	Democratic–NPL	Pam Musland	2,212	20.45%
	Democratic–NPL	George Barnes	1,824	16.86%
	Write-In	Write-in	38	0.35%
Total votes			10,818	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 14

North Dakota House of Representatives District 14 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Nelson (incumbent)	5,491	38.65%
	Republican	Robin Weisz (incumbent)	5,419	38.15%
	Democratic–NPL	Mark Nelson	1,718	12.09%
	Democratic–NPL	Richard Lynne	1,568	11.04%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.07%
Total votes			14,206	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 16

North Dakota House of Representatives District 16 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Koppelman (incumbent)	5,434	29.28%
	Republican	Andrew Marschall (incumbent)	4,782	25.77%
	Democratic–NPL	Tracey L Wilkie	4,448	23.97%
	Democratic–NPL	Hamida Dakane	3,869	20.85%
	Write-In	Write-in	23	0.12%
Total votes			18,556	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 18

North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Vetter (incumbent)	2,744	28.18%
	Democratic–NPL	Corey Mock (incumbent)	2,432	24.97%
	Republican	Cindy Kaml	2,416	24.81%
	Democratic–NPL	Jacqueline Hoffarth	2,136	21.93%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.10%
Total votes			9,738	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Democratic–NPL hold

District 20

North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Beltz	4,212	34.48%
	Republican	Jared Hagert	4,074	33.35%
	Democratic–NPL	John Martin Pederson	2,014	16.49%
	Democratic–NPL	Zachary Blotsky	1,908	15.62%
	Write-In	Write-in	9	0.07%
Total votes			12,217	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic–NPL

District 22

North Dakota House of Representatives District 22 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Howe (incumbent)	6,829	34.26%
	Republican	Brandy Pyle (incumbent)	6,786	34.05%
	Democratic–NPL	Jodi Meisch	3,420	17.16%
	Democratic–NPL	Will Thompson	2,885	14.47%
	Write-In	Write-in	11	0.06%
Total votes			19,931	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 24

North Dakota House of Representatives District 24 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight Kiefert (incumbent)	3,733	29.33%
	Republican	Cole Christensen	3,605	28.32%
	Democratic–NPL	Naomi T Muscha	2,872	22.56%
	Democratic–NPL	Bradley Edin	2,509	19.71%
	Write-In	Write-in	10	0.08%
Total votes			12,729	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 26

North Dakota House of Representatives District 26 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Skroch (incumbent)	3,944	30.80%
	Republican	Sebastian Ertelt (incumbent)	3,465	27.06%
	Democratic–NPL	John M Hokana	2,816	21.99%
	Democratic–NPL	Alan J Peterson	2,568	20.05%
	Write-In	Write-in	13	0.10%
Total votes			12,806	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 28

North Dakota House of Representatives District 28 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeffery Magrum (incumbent)	5,410	43.85%
	Republican	Michael Don Brandenburg (incumbent)	5,159	41.81%
	Democratic–NPL	Rebecca Phillips	1,684	13.65%
	Write-In	Write-in	85	0.69%
Total votes			12,338	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 30

North Dakota House of Representatives District 30 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glenn Bosch (incumbent)	5,268	49.29%
	Republican	Mike Nathe (incumbent)	5,262	49.24%
	Write-In	Write-in	157	1.47%
Total votes			10,687	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 32

North Dakota House of Representatives District 32 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Heinert (incumbent)	4,189	34.71%
	Republican	Lisa Meier (incumbent)	4,136	34.28%
	Democratic–NPL	Krisanna Holkup Peterson	1,945	16.12%
	Democratic–NPL	Carl Young	1,777	14.73%
	Write-In	Write-in	20	0.17%
Total votes			12,067	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 34

North Dakota House of Representatives District 34 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Porter (incumbent)	5,520	36.68%
	Republican	Nathan Toman (incumbent)	5,397	35.86%
	Democratic–NPL	Joshua Johnson	2,157	14.33%
	Democratic–NPL	Bernie Parkhurst	1,962	13.04%
	Write-In	Write-in	14	0.09%
Total votes			15,050	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 36

North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Schatz (incumbent)	6,748	41.56%
	Republican	Luke Simons (incumbent)	6,273	38.63%
	Democratic–NPL	Linda Weiss	1,128	6.95%
	Democratic–NPL	Steve Krebs	1,093	6.73%
	Independent	Rebecca Ferderer	971	5.98%
	Write-In	Write-in	25	0.15%
Total votes			16,238	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 38

North Dakota House of Representatives District 38 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Ruby (incumbent)	5,411	50.64%
	Republican	Larry Bellew (incumbent)	5,097	47.70%
	Write-In	Write-in	177	1.66%
Total votes			10,685	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 40

North Dakota House of Representatives District 40 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matthew Ruby (incumbent)	3,224	36.17%
	Republican	Randy Schobinger (incumbent)	2,948	33.08%
	Democratic–NPL	Kalyn June Dewitt	1,413	15.85%
	Democratic–NPL	Robert E Kibler	1,314	14.74%
	Write-In	Write-in	14	0.16%
Total votes			8,913	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 42

North Dakota House of Representatives District 42 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Emily O'Brien (incumbent)	1,772	29.07%
	Republican	Claire Cory (incumbent)	1,589	26.07%
	Democratic–NPL	Adam Fortwengler	1,369	22.46%
	Democratic–NPL	Zachary Stephen Tomczik	1,363	22.36%
	Write-In	Write-in	3	0.05%
Total votes			6,096	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

District 44

North Dakota House of Representatives District 44 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Karla Rose Hanson (incumbent)	3,827	35.77%
	Democratic–NPL	Joshua Boschee (incumbent)	3,612	33.76%
	Republican	Scott Wagner	3,191	29.83%
	Write-In	Write-in	69	0.64%
Total votes			10,699	100.0%
	Democratic–NPL hold
	Democratic–NPL hold

District 46

North Dakota House of Representatives District 46 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shannon Roers Jones (incumbent)	3,984	27.77%
	Republican	Jim Kasper (incumbent)	3,646	25.42%
	Democratic–NPL	Ben M Hanson	3,353	23.37%
	Democratic–NPL	Ben W Hanson	3,351	23.36%
	Write-In	Write-in	11	0.08%
Total votes			14,345	100.0%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold

References

"2020 election results". results.sos.nd.gov.
"North Dakota House of Representatives 2020 Election". ballotpedia.org.
"October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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