The Green Papers: North Dakota 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 8 June 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:643,756 (0.23% of 281,998,273)
Voter Registration:North Dakota has no voter registration.
Capital:Bismarck
Tuesday 8 June 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) / 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 9:00p CDT (0200 UTC) / 9:00p MDT (0300 UTC). Voting places open between 7:00a to 12:00n and remain open until 7:00p to 9:00p depending on the size of the town. The western half of the state is in MDT but that is, of course, the more sparsely populated part of the state, so it is not as problematic to the networks as might be otherwise suggested by simple geography.
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) / 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 9:00p CDT (0200 UTC) / 9:00p MDT (0300 UTC). Voting places open between 7:00a to 12:00n and remain open until 7:00p to 9:00p depending on the size of the town. The western half of the state is in MDT but that is, of course, the more sparsely populated part of the state, so it is not as problematic to the networks as might be otherwise suggested by simple geography.
 

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North Dakota State and Local Government


North Dakota Secretary of State: Official Candidate List For The June 8, 2010 Primary Election

8 June 2010 Primary and 2 November 2010 General Election
returns from an official source.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3
Seat up for election
Open
Democratic Senator Byron Leslie 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
Open Seat - 5 January 2010: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 181,689 76.08% Governor John Hoeven
20 March 2010: Received his party's endorsement.

FEC S0ND00093; 31 Dec 10; Tot $3,801,481; Dsb $2,909,158
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 52,955 22.17% state Senator Tracy Arlen Potter
FEC S0ND00101; 31 Dec 10; Tot $135,120; Dsb $136,120
  Candidate Libertarian 3,890 1.63% Keith J. Hanson
FEC S0ND00119
  Candidate Write-in 278 0.12% write-in
Total 238,812 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor John Hoeven
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
10 January 2010: Candidate for the open class 3 Senate seat in 2010.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple
First elected: 2000, re-elected: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

At-Large
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Earl Ralph Pomeroy
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 129,802 54.74% state Representative Richard A. "Rick" Berg
20 March 2010: Received his party's endorsement

FEC H0ND00135; 31 Dec 10; Tot $2,120,916; Dsb $2,094,842
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 106,542 44.93% Congressman Earl Ralph Pomeroy
FEC H2ND00057; 31 Dec 10; Tot $3,048,381; Dsb $3,690,640
  Candidate Write-in 793 0.33% write-in
Total 237,137 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

Seat up for election Republican Secretary of State Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996; 2000, 2004 (to a 2 year term), 2006 (to a 4 year term)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 145,882 62.44% Secretary of State Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 87,519 37.46% state Representative Cory Mock
  Candidate Write-in 222 0.10% write-in
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian)     Joshua Voytek
Total 233,623 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

Seat up for election Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
First elected: 2000, re-elected: 2004 (to a 2 year term), 2006 (to a 4 year term)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 175,627 74.55% Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 59,781 25.38% Jeanette "Jean" Boechler
  Candidate Write-in 174 0.07% write-in
Total 235,582 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Treasurer Kelly L. Schmidt
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Auditor Robert R. "Bob" Peterson
First elected: ?; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

Seat up for election Republican Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
Appointed: 6 April 2009 by Governor John Hoeven upon the resignation of Roger Johnson
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 157,867 67.98% Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 74,143 31.93% state Representative Merle Boucher
  Candidate Write-in 216 0.09% write-in
Total 232,226 100.00%  

Tax Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

Seat up for election Republican Tax Commissioner Cory Fong
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
Appointed 1 June 2005 to fill the unexpired term of Rick Clayburgh; first elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary
  Elected Republican 156,520 67.39% Tax Commissioner Cory Fong
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 67,856 29.22% Cynthia Kaldor
  Candidate Libertarian 7,716 3.32% Richard Yamoto Flattum-Riemers
  Candidate Write-in 160 0.07% write-in
Total 232,252 100.00%  

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm
Appointed 9 October 2007 by Governor John Hoeven; first elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent Wayne G. Sanstead
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Public Service Commissioner 1  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2010

Seat up for election Republican Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2010
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
Renominated - 8 June 2010 Primary.
20 March 2010: Ran for but lost his party's nomination for Congress.
  Elected Republican 142,644 61.45% Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 81,011 34.90% Brad Crabtree
  Candidate Libertarian 8,315 3.58% Joshua Voytek
Was left off the June primary ballot due to an error in the Secretary of State's office.
  Candidate Write-in 144 0.06% write-in
Total 232,114 100.00%  

Public Service Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2012

  Republican Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Public Service Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2014

  Republican Public Service Commissioner Brian P. Kalk
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League (affiliate of Democratic): 7 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Independents
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 8 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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