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Election 1926 Results

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1926 US Senate election in North Dakota

Gerald P. Nye (Republican) beat Norris H. Nelson (independent) in North Dakota in 1926, 69.6% to 12.2%, a margin of 57.4 points and 88,970 votes.

Gerald Nye (Nonpartisan League) beat Louis B. Hanna (Republican) in North Dakota in 1926, 50.2% to 37.5%, a margin of 12.7 points and 20,210 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Edwin F. Ladd won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 53 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 1. The largest, Cass, cast 12,175 votes and went to the other candidates by 6.5 points. The closest was Billings, where 237 votes separated the top two.

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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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gerald P. Nye won	Republican	107,921	69.6%
Norris H. Nelson	Independent	18,951	12.2%
All other candidates		14,715	9.5%
F. F. Burchard	Democratic	13,519	8.7%
Total		155,106

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gerald Nye won	Nonpartisan League	79,709	50.2%
Louis B. Hanna	Republican	59,499	37.5%
All other candidates		19,586	12.3%
Total		158,794

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cass	667 5.5%	5,356 44.0%	6,152	12,175	Others
Ward	560 7.7%	4,131 56.8%	2,579	7,270	R+49.1
Grand Forks	1,299 17.9%	5,332 73.5%	624	7,255	R+55.6
Stutsman	414 7.2%	3,129 54.5%	2,199	5,742	R+47.3
Burleigh	445 8.3%	3,342 62.4%	1,570	5,357	R+54.1
Richland	709 14.0%	3,136 61.9%	1,222	5,067	R+47.9
Morton	346 7.5%	3,065 66.5%	1,198	4,609	R+59.0
Barnes	381 8.6%	3,439 77.3%	629	4,449	R+68.7
Ramsey	357 9.7%	2,777 75.4%	547	3,681	R+65.7
McHenry	399 11.0%	2,519 69.2%	720	3,638	R+58.3
Williams	285 8.0%	3,085 86.1%	214	3,584	R+78.1
Cavalier	396 11.2%	1,761 49.8%	1,378	3,535	R+38.6
McLean	324 9.5%	2,666 78.1%	425	3,415	R+68.6
Emmons	187 5.5%	1,831 53.8%	1,388	3,406	R+48.3
Bottineau	361 10.8%	2,469 73.6%	526	3,356	R+62.8
Pembina	508 15.2%	2,434 72.8%	401	3,343	R+57.6
Stark	396 12.0%	1,790 54.4%	1,107	3,293	R+42.3
Walsh	460 14.1%	2,013 61.5%	800	3,273	R+47.4
Benson	175 5.6%	2,034 64.7%	934	3,143	R+59.1
Wells	203 6.5%	2,139 68.3%	788	3,130	R+61.9
Traill	139 4.5%	2,738 87.8%	243	3,120	R+83.3
Dickey	281 9.2%	2,058 67.4%	713	3,052	R+58.2
Mountrail	153 5.2%	2,314 78.6%	478	2,945	R+73.4
La Moure	299 10.4%	2,110 73.3%	471	2,880	R+62.9
Sargent	240 8.8%	1,841 67.7%	639	2,720	R+58.9
Burke	201 7.9%	1,970 77.6%	367	2,538	R+69.7
McKenzie	177 7.4%	2,060 85.7%	168	2,405	R+78.3
Ransom	224 9.3%	1,896 78.9%	283	2,403	R+69.6
Rolette	196 8.6%	1,871 81.8%	221	2,288	R+73.2
Divide	84 3.7%	2,065 91.0%	120	2,269	R+87.3
Nelson	194 8.6%	1,775 78.4%	295	2,264	R+69.8
Dunn	202 8.9%	1,745 77.1%	315	2,262	R+68.2
Grant	279 12.6%	1,706 76.9%	233	2,218	R+64.3
Towner	188 9.0%	1,406 67.2%	497	2,091	R+58.2
Pierce	211 10.7%	1,502 76.2%	257	1,970	R+65.5
Hettinger	134 6.9%	1,487 77.0%	310	1,931	R+70.1
McIntosh	58 3.0%	1,550 81.5%	295	1,903	R+78.4
Kidder	118 6.5%	1,546 85.6%	142	1,806	R+79.1
Eddy	154 9.0%	1,305 76.0%	259	1,718	R+67.0
Steele	30 1.8%	1,613 94.8%	58	1,701	R+93.1
Mercer	0 0.0%	1,484 89.2%	180	1,664	R+89.2
Griggs	68 4.1%	1,486 89.4%	108	1,662	R+85.3
Foster	159 10.4%	1,272 83.0%	101	1,532	R+72.7
Logan	104 7.3%	1,137 80.0%	180	1,421	R+72.7
Renville	107 7.9%	1,041 77.0%	204	1,352	R+69.1
Bowman	119 8.9%	1,109 82.9%	110	1,338	R+74.0
Adams	101 7.7%	1,111 84.9%	96	1,308	R+77.2
Sheridan	59 4.6%	1,001 78.1%	221	1,281	R+73.5
Golden Valley	133 11.5%	782 67.7%	240	1,155	R+56.2
Sioux	64 6.6%	759 77.9%	151	974	R+71.4
Slope	80 8.7%	764 83.4%	72	916	R+74.7
Oliver	55 7.0%	616 77.9%	120	791	R+70.9
Billings	36 7.1%	355 69.7%	118	509	R+62.7

Counties as they stood in 1926; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kevin Cramer (R)	R+32.9
2022	John Hoeven (R)	R+31.4
2018	Kevin Cramer (R)	R+10.8
2016	John Hoeven (R)	R+61.5
2012	Heidi Heitkamp (D)	D+0.9
2010	John Hoeven (R)	R+54.0
2006	Kent Conrad (D)	D+39.3
2004	Byron L. Dorgan (D)	D+36.6
2000	Kent Conrad (D)	D+22.7
1998	Byron L. Dorgan (D)	D+28.0
1994	Kent Conrad (D)	D+16.0
1992	Byron L. Dorgan (D)	D+20.1
1988	Quentin N. Burdick (D)	D+20.4
1986	Kent Conrad (D)	D+0.7
1982	Quentin N. Burdick (D)	D+28.8
1980	Mark Andrews (R)	R+41.3
1976	Quentin N. Burdick (D)	D+25.5
1974	Milton Young (R)	R+0.1
1970	Quentin Burdick (D)	D+23.5
1968	Milton R. Young (R)	R+30.9
1964	Quentin Burdick (D)	D+15.3
1962	Milton R. Young (R)	R+21.3
1958	William Langer (R)	R+15.7
1956	Milton R. Young (R)	R+27.6
1952	William Langer (R)	R+43.1
1950	Milton R. Young (R)	R+35.2
1946	William Langer (R)	R+30.1
1944	John Moses (D)	D+12.2
1940	William Langer (R)	R+11.7
1938	Gerald P. Nye (R)	R+42.8
1934	Lynn J. Frazier (R)	R+18.0
1932	Gerald P. Nye (R)	R+44.9
1928	Lynn J. Frazier (R)	R+60.3
1926	Gerald P. Nye (R)	R+60.9
1922	Lynn J. Frazier (R)	R+4.6
1920	Edwin F. Ladd (R)	R+19.6
1916	Porter J. McCumber (R)	R+15.6
1914	Asle J. Gronna (R)	R+21.9