North Dakota Republican Party Explained

North Dakota Republican Party
Chairperson:Sandi Sanford
Leader1 Title:Senate Leader
Leader1 Name:David Hogue
Leader2 Title:House Leader
Leader2 Name:Mike Lefor
Foundation:1889
Colors:Red
Ideology:Conservatism
National:Republican Party
Headquarters:1029 North Fifth St.
Bismarck, ND 58501
Seats1 Title:Seats in the U.S. Senate
Seats2 Title:Seats in the U.S. House
Seats3 Title:Seats in the North Dakota Senate
Seats4 Title:Seats in the North Dakota House of Representatives
Website:www.ndgop.org
State:North Dakota

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party.

Its platform is conservative. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat, both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, and it has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.

History

The state Republican Party has always been a major force in state politics, in many cases having a dominant position. Founded in 1889, the Party initially dominated all state politics for the state's first 20 years of existence, with the exception of a brief period from 1893 to 1894 in which the North Dakota Democratic-Independent Party briefly overthrew the Republican Party.

In the early 20th century, the Party was effectively divided into two groups that nominated candidates on the Republican ticket, the progressive Non-Partisan League (NPL) and the conservative Independent Voters Association (IVA). This period ended when the NPL merged with the state Democratic Party, and the IVA effectively became known as the Republican Party.

The Party holds its convention in the spring of election years, usually rotating the convention between four of the state's largest cities: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot.

Notable figures

Current elected officials

The North Dakota Republican Party controls all twelve of the statewide offices and holds supermajorities in both the North Dakota Senate and the North Dakota House of Representatives. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the state's At-Large congressional district.

Members of Congress

U.S. House of Representatives

!District!Member!Photo
At-large

Statewide offices

Tammy Miller

Jon Godfread

Brian Kroshus

Josh Gallion

Thomas Beadle

Brian Kroshus, Julie Fedorchak, Randy Christmann

Legislative

Larry Luick[1]

Rich Wardner

Kim Koppelman[2]

Chet Pollert

Election results

Presidential

North Dakota Republican Party presidential election results!Election!Presidential Ticket!Votes!Vote %!Electoral votes!Result
1892Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid17,51948.50%
1896William McKinley/Garret Hobart26,33555.57%
1900William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt35,89862.12%
1904Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks52,59575.12%
1908William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman57,68061.02%
1912William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler23,09026.67%
1916Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks53,47146.34%
1920Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge160,07277.97%
1924Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes94,93147.68%
1928Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis131,44154.80%
1932Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis71,77228.00%
1936Alf Landon/Frank Knox72,75126.58%
1940Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary154,59055.06%
1944Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker118,53553.84%
1948Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren115,13952.17%
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon191,71270.97%
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon156,76661.72%
1960Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.154,31055.42%
1964Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller108,20741.88%
1968Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew138,66955.94%
1972Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew174,10962.07%
1976Gerald Ford/Bob Dole152,47051.66%
1980Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush193,69564.23%
1984Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush200,33664.84%
1988George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle166,55956.03%
1992George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle136,24444.22%
1996Bob Dole/Jack Kemp125,05046.94%
2000George W. Bush/Dick Cheney174,85260.7%
2004George W. Bush/Dick Cheney196,65162.86%
2008John McCain/Sarah Palin168,88753.15%
2012Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan188,32058.32%
2016Donald Trump/Mike Pence216,79462.96%
2020Donald Trump/Mike Pence235,59565.11%

Gubernatorial

North Dakota Republican Party gubernatorial election results!Election!Gubernatorial candidate!Votes!Vote %!Result
1889John Miller25,36566.58%Won
1890Andrew H. Burke19,05352.23%Won
1892Andrew H. Burke17,23647.57%Lost
1894Roger Allin23,72355.76%Won
1896Frank A. Briggs25,91855.61%Won
1898Frederick B. Fancher28,30859.22%Won
1900Frank White34,05259.20%Won
1902Frank White31,61362.68%Won
1904Elmore Y. Sarles48,02670.71%Won
1906Elmore Y. Sarles29,30945.29%Lost
1908C. A. Johnson46,84948.43%Lost
1910C. A. Johnson44,55547.36%Lost
1912L. B. Hanna39,81145.45%Won
1914L. B. Hanna44,27949.58%Won
1916Lynn Frazier87,66579.24%Won
1918Lynn Frazier54,51759.75%Won
1920Lynn Frazier117,11851.01%Won
1921 (recall)Ragnvald Nestos111,42550.94%Won
1922Ragnvald Nestos110,32157.65%Won
1924Arthur G. Sorlie101,17053.93%Won
1926Arthur G. Sorlie131,00381.74%Won
1928George F. Shafer131,19356.50%Won
1930George F. Shafer133,26473.62%Won
1932William Langer134,23154.75%Won
1934Lydia Cady Langer127,95446.61%Lost
1936Walter Welford95,69734.70%Lost
1938John N. Hagan125,24647.53%Lost
1940Jack A. Patterson101,28736.89%Lost
1942Oscar W. Hagen74,57742.38%Lost
1944Fred G. Aandahl107,86352.02%Won
1946Fred G. Aandahl116,67268.88%Won
1948Fred G. Aandahl131,76461.33%Won
1950Norman Brunsdale121,82266.29%Won
1952Norman Brunsdale199,94478.74%Won
1954Norman Brunsdale124,25364.21%Won
1956John E. Davis147,56658.46%Won
1958John E. Davis111,83653.10%Won
1960Clarence P. Dahl122,48644.48%Lost
1962Mark Andrews113,25149.56%Lost
1964Donald M. Halcrow116,24744.26%Lost
1968Robert P. McCarney108,38243.70%Lost
1972Richard F. Larsen138,03248.96%Lost
1976Richard Elkin138,32146.53%Lost
1980Allen I. Olson162,23053.61%Won
1984Allen I. Olson140,46044.68%Lost
1988Leon Mallberg119,98640.12%Lost
1992Ed Schafer176,39857.86%Won
1996Ed Schafer174,93766.19%Won
2000John Hoeven159,25555.03%Won
2004John Hoeven220,80371.26%Won
2008John Hoeven235,00974.44%Won
2012Jack Dalrymple200,52563.10%Won
2016Doug Burgum259,86376.52%Won
2020Doug Burgum235,47965.84%Won

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senator Randy A. Burckhard North Dakota Legislative Branch. 2021-06-23. www.legis.nd.gov.
  2. Web site: Representative Kim Koppelman North Dakota Legislative Branch. 2021-06-23. www.legis.nd.gov.