The Green Papers: North Dakota 2022 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary and Special Primary for Public Service Commissioner: Tuesday 14 June 2022
✓ General Election and Special Election for Public Service Commissioner: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Monday 11 April 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Tuesday 24 May 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary Write-in .
Tuesday 14 June 2022 - Primary and Special Primary for Public Service Commissioner . Polling hours 7:00a-9:00p CDT (1200-0200 UTC) / 7:00a-9:00p MDT (1300-0300 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 Mountain Time 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. In 2018, polls closed at 8pm CDT in Cass County and at 7pm CDT or 7pm MDT in most other polling places.
Tuesday 6 September 2022 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 18 October 2022 - Filing Deadline - General Election Write-in .
Tuesday 8 November 2022 - General Election and Special Election for Public Service Commissioner . Polling hours 7:00a-9:00p CST (1300-0300 UTC) / 7:00a-9:00p MST (1400-0400 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 Mountain Time 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. In 2018, polls closed at 8pm CST in Cass County and at 7pm CST or 7pm MST in most other polling places.
 
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 Democratic and Republican parties.


2022 Election from the North Dakota Secretary of State.

2022 Primary Candidate List from the North Dakota Secretary of State.

2022 General Election Candidate List from the North Dakota Secretary of State.

14 June 2022 Primary Returns from an official source, results from a media source, results from a media source.


8 November 2022 returns from the North Dakota Secretary of State. Vote totals last updated 29 November 2022 per the certified vote.

 
           

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
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator John Hoeven
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 135,474 56.41% Senator John Hoeven
FEC S0ND00093; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,320,463; Dsb $4,897,217
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 59,995 24.98% Katrina Christiansen
FEC S2ND00123; 31 Dec 22; Tot $112,996; Dsb $109,735
  Candidate Independent; (Republican) 44,406 18.49% state Representative Rick Clark Becker
Republican state Representative

FEC S2ND00149; 31 Dec 22; Tot $276,195; Dsb $276,195
  Candidate Scattering 265 0.11% write-in
Total 240,140 100.00%  

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 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
At-Large
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Kelly M. Armstrong
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress
  Elected Republican 148,399 62.20% Member of Congress Kelly M. Armstrong
FEC H8ND00096; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,168,973; Dsb $2,197,417
  Candidate Independent 89,644 37.57% Cara Mund
FEC H2ND01022; 31 Dec 22; Tot $173,270; Dsb $157,732
  Candidate Scattering 543 0.23% write-in
Total 238,586 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election
Open
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.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 147,816 63.22% state Representative Michael Howe
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 64,254 27.48% Jeffrey Powell
  Candidate Independent 21,517 9.20% Charles Tuttle
  Candidate Scattering 241 0.10% write-in
Total 233,828 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election Republican Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
Appointed: 8 February 2022 [re: 28 January 2022 passing of Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 166,517 70.95% Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 67,609 28.81% Timothy Charles "Tim" Lamb
  Candidate Scattering 576 0.25% write-in
Total 234,702 100.00%  
 Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (Republican); who was first elected in 2000 (to a 4 year term), re-elected in 2004 (to a 2 year term), re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 (to 4 year terms); passed away at the age of 68 on 28 January 2022. In December 2021, he had announced that he would not seek re-election. Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) will appoint a replacement.
8 February 2022: Governor Doug Burguma (Republican) appointed Drew H . Wrigley (Republican) as Attorney General.

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

Seat up for regular election Republican Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
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
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 177,443 75.67% Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 56,654 24.16% Fintan L. Dooley
  Candidate Scattering 408 0.17% write-in
Total 234,505 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election Republican Tax Commissioner Brian K. Kroshus
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
Appointed 4 January 2022 [re: resignation of Ryan Rauschenberger (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Renominated
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list (1, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 191,278 98.05% Tax Commissioner Brian K. Kroshus
  Candidate Scattering 3,812 1.95% write-in
Total 195,090 100.00%  
 Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger (Republican), who was appointed 8 November 2013 [to fill the unexpired term of Cory Fong] and re-elected in 2014 and 2018, announced his resignation on 6 December 2021 effective 3 January 2022. The resignation occurred after Rauschenberger was taken to Burleigh Morton Detention Center for alcohol detox.
21 December 2021: Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) appointed Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus (Republican) 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

Seat up for regular election Republican Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak
• Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022
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
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 165,183 71.29% Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 66,196 28.57% Melanie Moniz
  Candidate Scattering 311 0.13% write-in
Total 231,690 100.00%  

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 Sheri Haugen-Hoffart
Appointed: 11 February 2022 [re: resignation of Public Service Commissioner Brian K. Kroshus (Republican)]
First elected in a Special Election: 2022
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Renominated
 21 December 2021: Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) appointed Public Service Commissioner Brian K. Kroshus (Republican) to serve as North Dakota's Tax Commissioner effective 4 January 2022 for the remainder of the term. Commissioner Kroshus was first appointed Public Service Commissioner on 28 February 2017 [re: resignation of Public Service Commissioner Brian P. Kalk (Republican)]; he was first elected in a Special Election on 6 November 2018; and re-elected in 2020.
11 February 2022: Governor Doug Burgum (Republican) appointed Sheri Haugen-Hoffart (Republican) Public Service Commissioner.
8 November 2022: Elected in a special election to fill the remainder of the term.

Seat up for special election
Special Election
 
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Special Election - To fill the seat of Brian K. Kroshus (Republican)'s unexpired 4 year term.
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)
  Elected Republican 161,353 70.35% Public Service Commissioner Sheri Haugen-Hoffart
  Candidate Democratic-Nonpartisan League 67,668 29.50% Trygve Hammer
  Candidate Scattering 336 0.15% write-in
Total 229,357 100.00%  
 

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-Nonpartisan League (affiliate of Democratic): 6 candidates
  Republican: 16 incumbents, 10 candidates
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 3 candidates
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 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.

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.


 


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