| The Green Papers: North Dakota 2005 Off Year Elections |
 |
North Dakota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Kent Conrad • First elected to the "Class 3" seat from the state: 1986; was not a candidate for re-election in the 3 November 1992 General Election; Elected to finish out the "Class 1" term in a Special Election: 4 December 1992 [held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quentin N. Burdick (Democrat): 8 September 1992- which Jocelyn B. Burdick (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor George Sinner (Democrat) to fill, 12 September 1992]; elected to a full term: 1994, 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
|||
| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Byron L. Dorgan • First elected: 1992; was induced to take the oath of office: 5 December 1992 when the seat became vacant upon outgoing Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat) having taken the oath of office for the "Class 1" seat from the state; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
|||
| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: None, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor John Hoeven • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with the Governor | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple • First elected: 2000, re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| At-Large | Democratic | Congressman Earl Pomeroy • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
|||
| Secretary of State 2 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2004. In June 2000 the voters approved a new 4 year election cycle. In 2004, the term of office will be 2 years; In 2006 and thereafter, the term of office will be 4 years. | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996; 2000, 2004 (to a 2 year term) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
||||
| Attorney General 2 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2004. In June 2000 the voters approved a new 4 year election cycle. In 2004, the term of office will be 2 years; In 2006 and thereafter, the term of office will be 4 years. | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem • First elected: 2000, 2004 (to a 2 year term) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Kelly Schmidt • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Robert "Bob" Peterson • First elected: ?; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Commissioner of Agriculture 2 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2004. In June 2000 the voters approved a new 4 year election cycle. In 2004, the term of office will be 2 years; In 2006 and thereafter, the term of office will be 4 years. | |||||
| Democratic | Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 (to a 2 year term) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
||||
| Tax Commissioner 2 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2004. In June 2000 the voters approved a new 4 year election cycle. In 2004, the term of office will be 2 years; In 2006 and thereafter, the term of office will be 4 years. | |||||
| Republican | Tax Commissioner Cory Fong • Appointed 1 June 2005 to fill the unexpired term of Rick Clayburgh • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
||||
| Republican Tax Commissioner Rick Clayburgh who was first elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2000 and in 2004 (to a 2 year term) resigned June 2005. | |||||
| Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Wayne G. Sanstead • First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Public Service Commissioner 1 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | PS Commissioner Kevin Cramer • Appointed by Governor John Hoeven to fill the un-expired term of Leo M. Reinbold: 2003; first elected to a full term: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
||||
| Public Service Commissioner 2 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | PS Commissioner Tony Clark • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
||||
| Public Service Commissioner 3 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | PS Commissioner Susan E. Wefald • Appointed by Governor Ed Schafer: 1993; first elected to a full term: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| • Democratic | |
| • Democratic-Nonpartisan League | |
| • Nonpartisan | |
| • Republican |
| 2002-2010 Congressional District 2002-2010 CDs |
| North Dakota has been allocated only 1 Representative in Congress at large; therefore, the entire state consists of, in effect, only one statewide Congressional District. |
|
|