Election Name: | 1998 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Election: | 2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1998 |
Image1: | Byron Dorgan official photo.jpg |
Nominee1: | Byron Dorgan |
Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
Popular Vote1: | 134,747 |
Percentage1: | 63.16% |
Nominee2: | Donna Nalewaja |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 75,013 |
Percentage2: | 35.16% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Byron Dorgan |
Before Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
After Election: | Byron Dorgan |
After Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
The 1998 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 1998, along with other elections to the United States Senate as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan won re-election to a second term.[1]
Nalewaja's campaign focused on the suggestion that Dorgan had served in the United States Congress for nearly 20 years, and had accomplished relatively little. Dorgan and Nalewaja won the primary elections for their respective parties. McLain had previously run for this Senate seat in 1980 against eventual winner Mark Andrews and Kent Johanssen for the open seat given up by retiring Senator Milton Young.