The Green Papers: North Dakota 2021 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2021. Find 2022 elections here.

Flag images courtesy of The World Flag Database. Copyright http://www.flags.net/ North Dakota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:779,702 (0.25% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2010 Census:675,905 (0.22% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Voter Registration:North Dakota has no voter registration.
Capital:Bismarck
 

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North Dakota State and Local Government


NOTE: Although we at The Green Papers keep to the statutory latest poll closing times of 9 PM local time [0300 GMT re: the Central Time Zone/0400 GMT re: the Mountain Time Zone], please know the North Dakota State Election Code (in its Section 16.1-01-03) allows for what has to fairly be described as the most extreme Local Option as regards poll opening/closing anywhere in America: not only may individual Counties and Municipalities in North Dakota set an earlier poll closing time than 9 PM local time (so long as it is not earlier than 7 PM local time) but these can even set differing poll closing times for individual precincts within each such jurisdiction (County or Municipality)! As a practical matter, however, it appears that polls in most of the State have tended to be closed by no later than 8 PM Central Time/7 PM Mountain Time (0200 GMT [0100 GMT during Daylight Savings])-- please check locally!


The primary is for the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Kevin Cramer
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Kevin Cramer
FEC S8ND00120

Class 3 Republican Senator John Hoeven
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Michael J. Steele
FEC S2ND00107; 30 Sep 21; Tot $550; Dsb $472
  Candidate Republican     Senator John Hoeven
FEC S0ND00093; 30 Sep 21; Tot $898,947; Dsb $309,142
  Candidate Independent     Kristin Ruth Hedger
FEC S4ND00061

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: North Dakota passed an initiative in November 2022 to amend the state's Constitution to add Gubernatorial term limits of 2 4 year terms. Applies to individuals elected after 1 January 2023., All Governors

  Republican Governor Doug Burgum
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford
First elected: 2016, re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
At-Large Republican Member of Congress Kelly M. Armstrong
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Kelly M. Armstrong
FEC H8ND00096; 30 Sep 21; Tot $538,471; Dsb $464,689

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Secretary of State Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996; 2000, 2004 (to a 2 year term), 2006 (to a 4 year term), 2010, 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 7 July 2021: Announced retirement at the end of his term.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
First elected: 2000, re-elected: 2004 (to a 2 year term), 2006 (to a 4 year term), 2010, 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Treasurer Thomas Beadle
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Auditor Joshua C. "Josh" Gallion
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
Appointed: 6 April 2009 by Governor John Hoeven upon the resignation of Roger Johnson; first elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Tax Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger
Appointed 8 November 2013 to fill the unexpired term of Cory Fong [who had been first elected: 2006]; re-elected: 2010, 2014, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 6 December 2021: Resigning effective 3 January 2022. The resignation occurred after Rauschenberger was taken to Burleigh Morton Detention Center for alcohol detox.
Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) will appoint a replacement Tax Commissioner for the remainder of the term.
21 December 2021: Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) appoints Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus to serve as North Dakota's Tax Commissioner effective 4 January 2022 for the remainder of the term.

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Nonpartisan; (Republican) Public Instruction Superintendent Kirsten Baesler
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Public Service Commissioner 1  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2022

  Republican Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak
Appointed December 2012 by Governor Jack Dalrymple (Republican) to fill the un-expired term of Kevin Cramer (Republican) until a November 2014 special election. First elected in a special election: 4 November 2014; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Public Service Commissioner 2  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2024

  Republican Public Service Commissioner Randy Christmann
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Public Service Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2026

  Republican Public Service Commissioner Brian K. Kroshus
Appointed: 28 February 2017 [re: resignation of Public Service Commissioner Brian P. Kalk (Republican)]; first elected in a Special Election: 6 November 2018; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Open Seat
 21 December 2021: Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) appoints Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus to serve as North Dakota's Tax Commissioner effective 4 January 2022 for the remainder of the term.
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League (affiliate of Democratic)
  Republican: 16 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Right to Life
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
 
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"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.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  North Dakota Secretary of State
  North Dakota Secretary of State - Elections and Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  North Dakota Legislative Branch
Democratic
  North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
Republican
  North Dakota Republican Party
Third Party
  Libertarian Party of North Dakota
  North Dakota Libertarian Party
  North Dakota Right to Life
Media & others
  Bismarck Tribune
  Devils Lake Journal
  KFYR TV - NBC - Bismarck
  KXMB - KXMA - KXMC - KXMD - CBS - Bismarck, Minot
  NDx Plains - Fargo
  NorthDecoder - political blog
  Politics1.com - North Dakota
  Praire Public Television - North Dakota Public Radio
  The Minot Daily News
  The Williston Daily Herald
  Valley City Times-Record
  Wahpeton Daily News
  WDAY TV - Fargo
  WDAZ TV - ABC - Grand Forks

 


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