2022 North Dakota Senate election explained
| Election Name: | 2022 North Dakota Senate election |
| Country: | North Dakota |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 North Dakota Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 North Dakota Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 32 of the 47 seats in the North Dakota Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 24 |
| Image1: | ND State Senator Rich Wardner and his wife, Kayleen (cropped).jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader1: | Rich Wardner
(retired) |
| Party1: | North Dakota Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | 37th district |
| Seats Before1: | 40 |
| Seats After1: | 43 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 118,180 |
| Percentage1: | 78.20% |
| Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader2: | Joan Heckaman
(retired) |
| Party2: | North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 23rd district |
| Seats Before2: | 7 |
| Seats Needed2: | 17 |
| Seats After2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 27,285 |
| Percentage2: | 18.05% |
| Map Size: | 450px |
| Majority Leader |
| Before Election: | Rich Wardner |
| Before Party: | North Dakota Republican Party |
| After Election: | David Hogue |
| After Party: | North Dakota Republican Party |
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.[1] 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
- District 23: Joan Heckaman retired.
Republicans
- District 3: Oley Larsen retired.
- District 7: Nicole Poolman retired.
- District 8: Howard Anderson retired.
- District 26: Jason Heitkamp retired to run for state representative.
- District 37: Rich Wardner retired.
Defeated incumbents
Primary election
- District 15: Republican incumbent Dave Oehlke was defeated in the Republican primary election by Judy Estenson.
- 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.
- District 33: Republican incumbent Jessica Unruh-Bell was defeated in the Republican primary election by Keith Boehm.
General election
- District 9: Democratic incumbent Richard Marcellais was defeated in the general election by Republican Kent Weston.
- District 35: Democratic incumbent Tracy Potter was defeated in the general election by Republican Sean Cleary.
- 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:
[3] General election results source:[4]
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Detailed results
| align=center | District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 47 | |
Primary election results source:
[3] General election results source:<[4]
- 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
District 3
- General election
District 5
- General election
District 6
- General election
District 7
- General election
District 8
- Republican primary
- General election
District 9
- Democratic primary
- General election
District 10
- General election
District 11
- General election
District 13
- General election
District 15
- Republican primary
- General election
District 17
- General election
District 19
- General election
District 20
- Republican primary
- General election
District 21
- General election
District 23
- General election
District 25
- General election
District 26
- General election
District 27
- General election
District 28
- Republican primary
- General election
District 29
- General election
District 31
- General election
District 33
- Republican primary
- General election
District 35
- Republican primary
- General election
District 36
- General election
District 37
- General election
District 39
- Republican primary
- General election
District 41
- General election
District 43
- General election
District 44
- General election
District 45
- General election
District 47
- General election
Notes and References
- Web site: DURA . JACK . Bismarck Republican voters to decide several legislative primary contests . 2022-06-04 . Bismarck Tribune . en.
- Web site: Jacobson. Louis. The Battle for State Legislatures. May 19, 2022. May 19, 2022.
- Web site: Official 2022 Primary Election Results. . 24 December 2022.
- Web site: Official 2022 General Election Results. . 24 December 2022.
