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Election 1946 Results

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1946 US Senate election in North Dakota

William Langer (Republican) beat Arthur E. Thompson (independent) in North Dakota in 1946, 53.3% to 23.5%, a margin of 29.9 points and 49,406 votes.

Milton R. Young (Republican) beat William Lanier (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1946, 55.5% to 27.4%, a margin of 28.1 points and 38,491 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when William Langer also won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 53 counties as they stood then. The largest, Cass, cast 13,434 votes and went to the Republican by 16.0 points. The closest was Billings, where 103 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Langer won	Republican	88,210	53.3%
Arthur E. Thompson	Independent	38,804	23.5%
Abner B. Larson	Democratic	38,368	23.2%
Total		165,382

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Milton R. Young won	Republican	75,998	55.5%
William Lanier	Democratic	37,507	27.4%
Gerald P. Nye	Independent	20,848	15.2%
All other candidates		2,499	1.8%
Total		136,852

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cass	3,476 25.9%	5,622 41.8%	4,336	13,434	R+16.0
Ward	1,917 24.0%	3,588 45.0%	2,470	7,975	R+21.0
Grand Forks	1,969 25.1%	3,834 48.8%	2,057	7,860	R+23.7
Burleigh	1,750 26.0%	2,563 38.1%	2,415	6,728	R+12.1
Morton	1,593 29.6%	3,106 57.7%	685	5,384	R+28.1
Walsh	1,417 28.3%	2,575 51.4%	1,021	5,013	R+23.1
Stutsman	1,201 24.0%	2,620 52.5%	1,173	4,994	R+28.4
Barnes	1,319 26.8%	2,351 47.7%	1,260	4,930	R+20.9
Richland	1,183 24.1%	2,593 52.8%	1,132	4,908	R+28.7
McLean	685 16.3%	2,545 60.5%	975	4,205	R+44.2
Ramsey	1,041 24.9%	2,013 48.1%	1,128	4,182	R+23.2
Williams	1,319 31.9%	1,920 46.4%	895	4,134	R+14.5
McHenry	734 18.6%	2,144 54.3%	1,071	3,949	R+35.7
Stark	805 21.6%	2,156 57.9%	764	3,725	R+36.3
Pembina	935 25.2%	2,171 58.5%	604	3,710	R+33.3
Cavalier	868 23.8%	2,153 59.0%	627	3,648	R+35.2
Traill	788 22.4%	1,809 51.4%	924	3,521	R+29.0
Wells	673 20.2%	1,935 58.1%	721	3,329	R+37.9
Bottineau	555 16.8%	1,920 58.1%	830	3,305	R+41.3
La Moure	695 22.7%	1,796 58.6%	575	3,066	R+35.9
Benson	700 23.1%	1,627 53.6%	706	3,033	R+30.6
Nelson	760 25.7%	1,508 51.1%	685	2,953	R+25.3
Mountrail	558 19.6%	1,781 62.5%	512	2,851	R+42.9
Ransom	546 21.0%	1,305 50.3%	744	2,595	R+29.2
Pierce	425 16.4%	1,599 61.9%	560	2,584	R+45.4
Mercer	427 16.8%	1,768 69.4%	354	2,549	R+52.6
Emmons	470 18.5%	1,669 65.7%	401	2,540	R+47.2
McIntosh	193 7.9%	1,570 64.4%	675	2,438	R+56.5
Dickey	590 24.3%	1,200 49.5%	634	2,424	R+25.2
Rolette	443 18.3%	1,576 65.2%	400	2,419	R+46.8
McKenzie	601 26.7%	1,282 57.1%	364	2,247	R+30.3
Divide	399 17.9%	1,283 57.6%	544	2,226	R+39.7
Hettinger	356 16.8%	1,439 67.7%	329	2,124	R+51.0
Burke	372 18.3%	1,317 64.6%	349	2,038	R+46.4
Grant	367 18.2%	1,377 68.4%	269	2,013	R+50.2
Sargent	498 25.3%	987 50.2%	482	1,967	R+24.9
Logan	241 12.3%	1,439 73.5%	279	1,959	R+61.2
Griggs	556 29.0%	823 42.9%	541	1,920	R+13.9
Sheridan	240 12.7%	1,341 71.1%	304	1,885	R+58.4
Towner	433 23.2%	1,047 56.0%	390	1,870	R+32.8
Steele	483 26.6%	967 53.2%	369	1,819	R+26.6
Dunn	446 24.6%	984 54.3%	382	1,812	R+29.7
Kidder	372 20.7%	1,117 62.2%	308	1,797	R+41.5
Eddy	439 26.9%	829 50.9%	361	1,629	R+23.9
Renville	447 27.5%	761 46.9%	415	1,623	R+19.3
Foster	424 27.7%	737 48.1%	371	1,532	R+20.4
Adams	311 25.1%	609 49.2%	319	1,239	R+24.1
Bowman	314 27.0%	537 46.2%	312	1,163	R+19.2
Golden Valley	274 27.8%	409 41.4%	304	987	R+13.7
Oliver	217 22.7%	642 67.0%	99	958	R+44.4
Sioux	218 22.9%	634 66.7%	99	951	R+43.7
Slope	196 27.7%	380 53.7%	131	707	R+26.0
Billings	129 24.3%	252 47.5%	149	530	R+23.2

Counties as they stood in 1946; 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