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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.
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 figuresEdit
Current elected officialsEdit
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 CongressEdit
Kevin Cramer, official portrait, 116th congress (cropped).jpg
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Statewide officesEdit
Kelly Armstrong (cropped 2).jpg
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Drew Wrigley - official U.S. Attorney portrait.jpg
Election resultsEdit
PresidentialEdit
North Dakota Republican Party presidential election results
Election
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Presidential ticket
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Votes
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Vote %
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Electoral votes
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Result
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1892
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Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid
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17,519
|
48.50%
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1896
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William McKinley/Garret Hobart
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26,335
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55.57%
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1900
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William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt
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35,898
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62.12%
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1904
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Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks
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52,595
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75.12%
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1908
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William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman
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57,680
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61.02%
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1912
|
William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler
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23,090
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26.67%
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1916
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Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks
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53,471
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46.34%
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1920
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Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge
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160,072
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77.97%
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1924
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Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes
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94,931
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47.68%
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1928
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Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis
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131,441
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54.80%
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1932
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Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis
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71,772
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28.00%
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1936
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Alf Landon/Frank Knox
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72,751
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26.58%
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1940
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Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary
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154,590
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55.06%
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1944
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Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker
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118,535
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53.84%
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1948
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Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren
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115,139
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52.17%
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1952
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Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon
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191,712
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70.97%
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1956
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Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon
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156,766
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61.72%
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1960
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Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
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154,310
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55.42%
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1964
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Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller
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108,207
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41.88%
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1968
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Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew
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138,669
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55.94%
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1972
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Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew
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174,109
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62.07%
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1976
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Gerald Ford/Bob Dole
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152,470
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51.66%
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1980
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Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush
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193,695
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64.23%
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1984
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Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush
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200,336
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64.84%
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1988
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George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle
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166,559
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56.03%
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1992
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George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle
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136,244
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44.22%
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1996
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Bob Dole/Jack Kemp
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125,050
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46.94%
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2000
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George W. Bush/Dick Cheney
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174,852
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60.7%
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2004
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George W. Bush/Dick Cheney
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196,651
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62.86%
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2008
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John McCain/Sarah Palin
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168,887
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53.15%
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2012
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Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan
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188,320
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58.32%
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2016
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence
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216,794
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62.96%
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2020
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence
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235,595
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65.11%
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2024
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Donald Trump/JD Vance
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246,505
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66.96%
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GubernatorialEdit
North Dakota Republican Party gubernatorial election results
Election
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Gubernatorial candidate/ticket
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Votes
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Vote %
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Result
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1889
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John Miller
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25,365
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66.58%
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1890
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Andrew H. Burke
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19,053
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52.23%
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Won Template:Y
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1892
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Andrew H. Burke
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17,236
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47.57%
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1894
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Roger Allin
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23,723
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55.76%
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Won Template:Y
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1896
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Frank A. Briggs
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25,918
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55.61%
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Won Template:Y
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1898
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Frederick B. Fancher
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28,308
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59.22%
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Won Template:Y
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1900
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Frank White
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34,052
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59.20%
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Won Template:Y
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1902
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Frank White
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31,613
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62.68%
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Won Template:Y
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1904
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Elmore Y. Sarles
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48,026
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70.71%
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Won Template:Y
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1906
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Elmore Y. Sarles
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29,309
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45.29%
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1908
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C. A. Johnson
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46,849
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48.43%
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1910
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C. A. Johnson
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44,555
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47.36%
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1912
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L. B. Hanna
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39,811
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45.45%
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Won Template:Y
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1914
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L. B. Hanna
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44,279
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49.58%
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Won Template:Y
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1916
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Lynn Frazier
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87,665
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79.24%
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Won Template:Y
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1918
|
Lynn Frazier
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54,517
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59.75%
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Won Template:Y
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1920
|
Lynn Frazier
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117,118
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51.01%
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Won Template:Y
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1921 (recall)
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Ragnvald Nestos
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111,425
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50.94%
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Won Template:Y
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1922
|
Ragnvald Nestos
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110,321
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57.65%
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Won Template:Y
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1924
|
Arthur G. Sorlie
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101,170
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53.93%
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Won Template:Y
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1926
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Arthur G. Sorlie
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131,003
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81.74%
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Won Template:Y
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1928
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George F. Shafer
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131,193
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56.50%
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Won Template:Y
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1930
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George F. Shafer
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133,264
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73.62%
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Won Template:Y
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1932
|
William Langer
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134,231
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54.75%
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Won Template:Y
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1934
|
Lydia Cady Langer
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127,954
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46.61%
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Lost Template:N
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1936
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Walter Welford
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95,697
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34.70%
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Lost Template:N
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1938
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John N. Hagan
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125,246
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47.53%
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1940
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Jack A. Patterson
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101,287
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36.89%
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1942
|
Oscar W. Hagen
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74,577
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42.38%
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1944
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Fred G. Aandahl
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107,863
|
52.02%
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Won Template:Y
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1946
|
Fred G. Aandahl
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116,672
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68.88%
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Won Template:Y
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1948
|
Fred G. Aandahl
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131,764
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61.33%
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Won Template:Y
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1950
|
Norman Brunsdale
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121,822
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66.29%
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Won Template:Y
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1952
|
Norman Brunsdale
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199,944
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78.74%
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Won Template:Y
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1954
|
Norman Brunsdale
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124,253
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64.21%
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Won Template:Y
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1956
|
John E. Davis
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147,566
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58.46%
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Won Template:Y
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1958
|
John E. Davis
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111,836
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53.10%
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Won Template:Y
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1960
|
Clarence P. Dahl
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122,486
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44.48%
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Lost Template:N
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1962
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Mark Andrews
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113,251
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49.56%
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Lost Template:N
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1964
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Donald M. Halcrow
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116,247
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44.26%
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Lost Template:N
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1968
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Robert P. McCarney
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108,382
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43.70%
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Lost Template:N
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1972
|
Richard F. Larsen
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138,032
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48.96%
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Lost Template:N
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1976
|
Richard Elkin/Ernest G. Pyle
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138,321
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46.53%
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Lost Template:N
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1980
|
Allen I. Olson/Ernest Sands
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162,230
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53.61%
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Won Template:Y
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1984
|
Allen I. Olson/Ernest Sands
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140,460
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44.68%
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Lost Template:N
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1988
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Leon Mallberg/Donna Nalewaja
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119,986
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40.12%
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Lost Template:N
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1992
|
Ed Schafer/Rosemarie Myrdal
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176,398
|
57.86%
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Won Template:Y
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1996
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Ed Schafer/Rosemarie Myrdal
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174,937
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66.19%
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Won Template:Y
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2000
|
John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple
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159,255
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55.03%
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Won Template:Y
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2004
|
John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple
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220,803
|
71.26%
|
Won Template:Y
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2008
|
John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple
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235,009
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74.44%
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Won Template:Y
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2012
|
Jack Dalrymple/Drew Wrigley
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200,525
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63.10%
|
Won Template:Y
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2016
|
Doug Burgum/Brent Sanford
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259,863
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76.52%
|
Won Template:Y
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2020
|
Doug Burgum/Brent Sanford
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235,479
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65.84%
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Won Template:Y
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2024
|
Kelly Armstrong/Michelle Strinden
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247,056
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68.26%
|
Won Template:Y
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ReferencesEdit
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