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Election 1976 Results

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1976 North Dakota governor election

Arthur A. Link (Democrat) beat Richard Elkin (Republican) in North Dakota in 1976, 51.6% to 46.5%, a margin of 5.0 points and 14,988 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when Arthur A. Link also won.

Democrats led in 38 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Cass, cast 40,664 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.8 points. The closest was Slope, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur A. Link won Democratic 153,309 51.6%
Richard Elkin Republican 138,321 46.5%
All other candidates 5,619 1.9%
Total297,249

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 20,296 49.9% 19,988 49.2% 380 40,664 D+0.8
Grand Forks 13,204 51.8% 11,781 46.2% 504 25,489 D+5.6
Burleigh 10,371 43.7% 12,734 53.6% 643 23,748 R+10.0
Ward 12,018 53.4% 10,037 44.6% 440 22,495 D+8.8
Stutsman 5,057 47.5% 5,438 51.1% 154 10,649 R+3.6
Morton 5,524 52.1% 4,755 44.9% 320 10,599 D+7.3
Richland 5,333 54.7% 4,310 44.2% 114 9,757 D+10.5
Stark 4,320 50.4% 3,949 46.1% 301 8,570 D+4.3
Williams 5,077 59.7% 3,297 38.8% 126 8,500 D+20.9
Barnes 3,896 51.7% 3,562 47.3% 71 7,529 D+4.4
Walsh 4,286 58.6% 2,893 39.5% 138 7,317 D+19.0
Ramsey 3,539 53.5% 3,031 45.8% 42 6,612 D+7.7
McLean 3,083 52.6% 2,677 45.6% 106 5,866 D+6.9
Traill 2,771 51.7% 2,550 47.6% 36 5,357 D+4.1
Pembina 2,695 52.2% 2,394 46.4% 70 5,159 D+5.8
Bottineau 2,363 48.3% 2,487 50.8% 46 4,896 R+2.5
Cavalier 2,375 55.4% 1,850 43.2% 62 4,287 D+12.2
McHenry 2,289 53.6% 1,919 45.0% 60 4,268 D+8.7
Wells 1,885 49.5% 1,858 48.8% 68 3,811 D+0.7
Rolette 2,576 68.7% 1,142 30.5% 30 3,748 D+38.3
Benson 2,288 61.2% 1,415 37.9% 33 3,736 D+23.4
Mountrail 2,352 63.3% 1,319 35.5% 46 3,717 D+27.8
Dickey 1,702 47.3% 1,875 52.1% 23 3,600 R+4.8
La Moure 1,803 50.8% 1,705 48.0% 43 3,551 D+2.8
Mercer 1,641 46.3% 1,797 50.7% 107 3,545 R+4.4
Ransom 1,879 54.7% 1,531 44.6% 24 3,434 D+10.1
McKenzie 1,668 54.0% 1,385 44.8% 38 3,091 D+9.2
Emmons 1,273 41.3% 1,614 52.3% 198 3,085 R+11.1
Sargent 1,876 61.2% 1,167 38.1% 21 3,064 D+23.1
Nelson 1,876 61.8% 1,106 36.4% 54 3,036 D+25.4
Pierce 1,528 50.8% 1,440 47.9% 37 3,005 D+2.9
McIntosh 932 33.1% 1,817 64.5% 69 2,818 R+31.4
Foster 1,270 53.8% 1,076 45.6% 14 2,360 D+8.2
Hettinger 1,107 47.4% 1,143 48.9% 86 2,336 R+1.5
Griggs 1,290 55.3% 1,017 43.6% 27 2,334 D+11.7
Grant 852 37.1% 1,205 52.4% 241 2,298 R+15.4
Towner 1,291 57.7% 916 40.9% 31 2,238 D+16.8
Dunn 1,222 55.9% 920 42.0% 46 2,188 D+13.8
Burke 1,066 50.5% 935 44.3% 108 2,109 D+6.2
Eddy 1,220 58.4% 844 40.4% 25 2,089 D+18.0
Kidder 991 47.7% 930 44.8% 156 2,077 D+2.9
Divide 1,196 59.0% 788 38.9% 42 2,026 D+20.1
Bowman 978 48.6% 1,026 51.0% 9 2,013 R+2.4
Adams 890 45.2% 1,035 52.6% 44 1,969 R+7.4
Steele 1,176 60.8% 748 38.7% 11 1,935 D+22.1
Logan 758 40.5% 991 53.0% 121 1,870 R+12.5
Renville 1,090 58.8% 732 39.5% 31 1,853 D+19.3
Sheridan 610 38.2% 940 58.9% 46 1,596 R+20.7
Golden Valley 526 43.0% 628 51.4% 68 1,222 R+8.3
Oliver 598 49.5% 561 46.4% 49 1,208 D+3.1
Sioux 722 65.6% 359 32.6% 20 1,101 D+33.0
Slope 369 49.9% 357 48.3% 13 739 D+1.6
Billings 311 45.4% 347 50.7% 27 685 R+5.3

Counties as they stood in 1976; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kelly Armstrong (R) R+42.3
2020 Doug Burgum (R) R+40.5
2016 Doug Burgum (R) R+57.1
2012 Jack Dalrymple (R) R+28.8
2008 John Hoeven (R) R+50.9
2004 John Hoeven (R) R+43.9
2000 John Hoeven (R) R+10.1
1996 Edward T. Schafer (R) R+32.4
1992 Edward T. Schafer (R) R+17.2
1988 George A. Sinner (D) D+19.8
1984 George A. Sinner (D) D+10.6
1980 Allen I. Olson (R) R+7.2
1976 Arthur A. Link (D) D+5.0
1972 Arthur A. Link (D) D+2.1
1968 William L. Guy (D) D+11.1
1964 William L. Guy (D) D+11.5
1962 William L. Guy (D) D+0.9
1960 William L. Guy (D) D+5.0
1958 John E. Davis (R) R+6.2
1956 John E. Davis (R) R+16.9
1954 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+28.4
1952 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+57.5
1950 Norman Brunsdale (R) R+32.6
1948 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+23.8
1946 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+37.8
1944 Fred G. Aandahl (R) R+23.1
1942 John Moses (D) D+15.2
1940 John Moses (D) D+26.2
1938 John Moses (D) D+4.9
1936 William Langer (other)
1934 Thomas H. Moodie (D) D+6.4
1932 William Langer (R) R+9.8
1930 George F. Shafer (R) R+50.4
1928 George F. Shafer (R) R+13.3
1926 Arthur G. Sorlie (R) R+66.6
1924 Arthur G. Sorlie (R) R+7.9
1922 Ragnvald Nestos (R) R+57.6
1921 Ragnvald A. Nestos (R) R+50.9
1920 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+2.0
1918 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+19.5
1916 Lynn J. Frazier (R) R+60.8
1914 L. B. Hanna (R) R+10.7
1912 L. B. Hanna (R) R+9.4
1910 John Burke (D) D+2.6
1908 John Burke (D) D+2.6
1906 John Burke (D) D+7.9
1904 Elmore Y. Sarles (R) R+46.1
1902 Frank White (R) R+27.8
1900 Frank White (R) R+20.5
1898 Frederick B. Fancher (R) R+18.4
1896 Frank A. Briggs (R) R+55.6
1894 Roger Allin (R) R+36.5
1892 Eli C. D. Shortridge (other)
1890 Andrew H. Burke (R) R+17.7
1889 John Miller (R) R+33.2