| Doug Goehring | |
| Office: | 6th Agriculture Commissioner of North Dakota |
| Governor: | John Hoeven Jack Dalrymple Doug Burgum Kelly Armstrong (elect) |
| Term Start: | April 6, 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Roger Johnson |
| Party: | Republican |
| Education: | Bismarck State College |
Doug Goehring is the current North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. A Republican, he was appointed to the office by Governor John Hoeven on April 6, 2009, to fill the vacancy created when Democratic-NPL incumbent Roger Johnson resigned to become president of the National Farmers Union.[1]
Goehring had previously challenged Johnson in the 2004 and 2006 elections.
| North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Roger Johnson (inc.) | 149,900 | 50.32 | |
| Republican | Doug Goehring | 148,017 | 49.68 | |
| North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Roger Johnson (inc.) | 119,812 | 55.84 | |
| Republican | Doug Goehring | 94,736 | 44.16 | |
| North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Doug Goehring (inc.) | 157,867 | 67.98 | |
| Democratic | Merle Boucher | 74,143 | 31.93 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 216 | 0.09 | |
| North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Doug Goehring (inc.) | 139,597 | 56.96 | |
| Democratic | Ryan Taylor | 105,094 | 42.88 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 377 | 0.15 | |