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2022 North Dakota Senate election

The 2022 North Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. 32 of the seats in the North Dakota State Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 14, 2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in North Dakota, including the US Senate, US House, North Dakota Secretary of State, North Dakota Attorney General, and the North Dakota House of Representatives.

Following the 2022 elections, Republicans expanded their supermajority by three seats, giving them a 43-to-4 member advantage over Democrats.

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 23: Joan Heckaman retired.

Republicans

  1. District 3: Oley Larsen retired.
  2. District 7: Nicole Poolman retired.
  3. District 8: Howard Anderson retired.
  4. District 26: Jason Heitkamp retired to run for state representative.
  5. District 37: Rich Wardner retired.

Predictions

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

  1. District 15: Republican incumbent Dave Oehlke was defeated in the Republican primary election by Judy Estenson.
  2. District 20: Republican incumbent Robert Fors was defeated in the Republican primary election by fellow Republican incumbent Randy Lemm. Both incumbents had been redrawn into the same district following redistricting.
  3. District 33: Republican incumbent Jessica Unruh-Bell was defeated in the Republican primary election by Keith Boehm.

General election

  1. District 9: Democratic incumbent Richard Marcellais was defeated in the general election by Republican Kent Weston.
  2. District 35: Democratic incumbent Tracy Potter was defeated in the general election by Republican Sean Cleary.
  3. District 43: Democratic incumbent JoNell Bakke was defeated in the general election by Republican Jeff Barta.

Summary of results by State Senate district

  • Districts not listed were not up for election in 2022.

Primary election results source:

General election results source:

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Detailed results

Primary election results source:

General election results source:<

  • Note: If a primary election is not listed, then there was not a competitive primary in that district (i.e., only one candidate filed to run).

District 1

General election<br />

District 3

General election<br />

District 5

General election<br />

District 6

General election<br />

District 7

General election<br />

District 8

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 9

Democratic primary<br />

General election<br />

District 10

General election<br />

District 11

General election<br />

District 13

General election<br />

District 15

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 17

General election<br />

District 19

General election<br />

District 20

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 21

General election<br />

District 23

General election<br />

District 25

General election<br />

District 26

General election<br />

District 27

General election<br />

District 28

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 29

General election<br />

District 31

General election<br />

District 33

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 35

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 36

General election<br />

District 37

General election<br />

District 39

Republican primary<br />

General election<br />

District 41

General election<br />

District 43

General election<br />

District 44

General election<br />

District 45

General election<br />

District 47

General election<br />

References