The Green Papers: North Dakota 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 11 June 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2002 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
1990 Census:638,800 (0.26% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:643,756 (0.23% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 
Voter Registration:North Dakota has no voter registration.
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):476,000
Capital:Bismarck
Tuesday 11 June 2002 polls close 9:00p CDT (0200 UTC) / 9:00p MDT (0300 UTC). 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 5 November 2002 polls close 9:00p CST (0300 UTC) / 9:00p MST (0400 UTC). The western half of the state is in MST 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

preview re: General Election in NORTH DAKOTA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

MOST Polls close: 9 PM Central Standard Time
(0300 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)
[though part of this State is in the Mountain Time Zone where the polls close at 9 PM local time (0400 UTC)]

  • NORTH DAKOTA is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • NORTH DAKOTA is NOT electing either of its U.S. Senators in 2002.
  • NORTH DAKOTA is electing 1 At-Large Member of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not lose any House seats as a result of the 2000 census.

    • Member of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of NORTH DAKOTA not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Open Seat [that in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from NORTH DAKOTA in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in NORTH DAKOTA:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: None; 4-year term, Governors
  Republican Governor John Hoeven
• First elected: 2000
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democrat 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 Democrat 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
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional District for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democrat (1 Renominated)
At-Large Democrat Congressman Earl Pomeroy
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 11 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Pomeroy is a candidate for re-election in the At-Large CD
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional District for the election of the 108th Congress
At-Large
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Earl Pomeroy
  Candidate Republican Rick Clayburgh
 

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