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Election 1992 Results

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1992 North Dakota governor election

Edward T. Schafer (Republican) beat Nicholas Spaeth (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1992, 57.9% to 40.6%, a margin of 17.2 points and 52,553 votes.

North Dakota changed party: in 1988 it went Democratic, for George A. Sinner.

Republicans led in 46 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Cass, cast 52,843 votes and went to the Republican by 14.4 points. The closest was McHenry, where 15 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Edward T. Schafer won Republican 176,398 57.9%
Nicholas Spaeth Democratic 123,845 40.6%
All other candidates 4,618 1.5%
Total304,861

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 22,338 42.3% 29,948 56.7% 557 52,843 R+14.4
Burleigh 9,452 30.5% 21,144 68.3% 381 30,977 R+37.7
Grand Forks 11,790 38.6% 18,279 59.9% 456 30,525 R+21.3
Ward 11,053 43.1% 14,111 55.0% 488 25,652 R+11.9
Morton 4,074 35.2% 7,351 63.5% 155 11,580 R+28.3
Stark 4,413 41.7% 5,999 56.6% 180 10,592 R+15.0
Stutsman 3,959 39.8% 5,755 57.9% 222 9,936 R+18.1
Williams 4,496 45.4% 5,222 52.8% 179 9,897 R+7.3
Richland 3,653 44.6% 4,413 53.9% 127 8,193 R+9.3
Barnes 2,795 43.4% 3,453 53.6% 194 6,442 R+10.2
Ramsey 2,519 41.8% 3,418 56.7% 92 6,029 R+14.9
Walsh 2,217 37.6% 3,627 61.4% 60 5,904 R+23.9
McLean 2,291 43.0% 2,942 55.3% 90 5,323 R+12.2
Mercer 1,719 34.6% 3,177 63.9% 78 4,974 R+29.3
Traill 2,040 44.8% 2,442 53.6% 76 4,558 R+8.8
Pembina 1,324 32.1% 2,747 66.6% 51 4,122 R+34.5
Bottineau 1,769 43.5% 2,242 55.1% 59 4,070 R+11.6
Rolette 2,243 63.1% 1,206 33.9% 108 3,557 D+29.2
McHenry 1,663 48.9% 1,678 49.3% 60 3,401 R+0.4
Mountrail 1,734 53.0% 1,473 45.0% 66 3,273 D+8.0
McKenzie 1,288 41.9% 1,751 57.0% 33 3,072 R+15.1
Cavalier 1,013 33.1% 1,985 65.0% 58 3,056 R+31.8
Dickey 1,223 40.8% 1,727 57.7% 44 2,994 R+16.8
Wells 1,099 37.7% 1,763 60.5% 51 2,913 R+22.8
Ransom 1,444 49.9% 1,410 48.7% 39 2,893 D+1.2
LaMoure 1,140 41.5% 1,569 57.1% 41 2,750 R+15.6
Benson 1,225 47.1% 1,328 51.0% 50 2,603 R+4.0
Emmons 912 37.8% 1,470 60.9% 33 2,415 R+23.1
Pierce 1,047 43.4% 1,330 55.2% 33 2,410 R+11.7
Sargent 1,197 53.4% 1,012 45.1% 34 2,243 D+8.2
Nelson 1,001 45.5% 1,172 53.2% 29 2,202 R+7.8
Dunn 861 40.9% 1,212 57.6% 32 2,105 R+16.7
McIntosh 633 30.9% 1,397 68.3% 16 2,046 R+37.3
Grant 617 31.8% 1,289 66.4% 34 1,940 R+34.6
Foster 733 38.1% 1,158 60.2% 31 1,922 R+22.1
Bowman 769 40.8% 1,082 57.3% 36 1,887 R+16.6
Hettinger 765 41.3% 1,072 57.9% 16 1,853 R+16.6
Griggs 822 46.5% 923 52.3% 21 1,766 R+5.7
Towner 825 47.7% 877 50.8% 26 1,728 R+3.0
Kidder 564 33.3% 1,104 65.2% 26 1,694 R+31.9
Renville 765 46.4% 850 51.6% 33 1,648 R+5.2
Adams 638 39.7% 948 59.0% 22 1,608 R+19.3
Divide 826 51.5% 756 47.2% 21 1,603 D+4.4
Eddy 696 43.4% 887 55.4% 19 1,602 R+11.9
Burke 704 46.6% 781 51.7% 27 1,512 R+5.1
Logan 476 32.3% 983 66.6% 16 1,475 R+34.4
Steele 726 52.5% 638 46.1% 19 1,383 D+6.4
Oliver 412 33.3% 803 64.9% 23 1,238 R+31.6
Sheridan 337 29.1% 808 69.7% 14 1,159 R+40.6
Golden Valley 447 40.6% 638 57.9% 17 1,102 R+17.3
Sioux 569 58.1% 394 40.2% 17 980 D+17.9
Billings 295 43.6% 364 53.8% 18 677 R+10.2
Slope 234 43.8% 290 54.3% 10 534 R+10.5

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