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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in North Dakota

Kent Conrad (Democrat) beat Mark Andrews (Republican) in North Dakota in 1986, 49.8% to 49.1%, a margin of 0.7 points and 2,120 votes.

North Dakota changed party: in 1980 it went Republican, for Mark Andrews.

Democrats led in 35 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Cass, cast 42,077 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.8 points. The closest was Richland, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kent Conrad won Democratic 143,932 49.8%
Mark Andrews Republican 141,812 49.1%
All other candidates 3,269 1.1%
Total289,013

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 21,418 50.9% 20,257 48.1% 402 42,077 D+2.8
Burleigh 13,323 47.9% 14,144 50.8% 360 27,827 R+3.0
Grand Forks 10,863 44.4% 13,377 54.6% 247 24,487 R+10.3
Ward 9,975 45.6% 11,684 53.4% 224 21,883 R+7.8
Morton 6,131 57.0% 4,448 41.3% 183 10,762 D+15.6
Stark 5,138 50.9% 4,844 48.0% 110 10,092 D+2.9
Williams 4,518 46.6% 5,059 52.1% 128 9,705 R+5.6
Stutsman 4,895 52.2% 4,396 46.9% 89 9,380 D+5.3
Richland 4,015 49.4% 4,022 49.5% 88 8,125 R+0.1
Barnes 3,301 51.5% 3,048 47.6% 57 6,406 D+3.9
Walsh 3,085 49.4% 3,095 49.6% 60 6,240 R+0.2
Ramsey 2,809 47.9% 2,979 50.8% 71 5,859 R+2.9
McLean 2,664 49.6% 2,645 49.3% 61 5,370 D+0.4
Mercer 2,116 42.5% 2,799 56.2% 64 4,979 R+13.7
Traill 2,042 46.9% 2,271 52.2% 37 4,350 R+5.3
Bottineau 1,992 45.9% 2,288 52.7% 58 4,338 R+6.8
Pembina 1,962 46.3% 2,237 52.7% 43 4,242 R+6.5
McHenry 2,077 53.4% 1,767 45.4% 46 3,890 D+8.0
Rolette 2,166 58.5% 1,491 40.3% 44 3,701 D+18.2
Cavalier 1,769 51.2% 1,644 47.6% 39 3,452 D+3.6
Wells 1,734 50.9% 1,618 47.5% 52 3,404 D+3.4
Benson 1,850 54.5% 1,510 44.5% 33 3,393 D+10.0
Mountrail 2,057 61.5% 1,234 36.9% 52 3,343 D+24.6
Dickey 1,624 49.0% 1,645 49.7% 43 3,312 R+0.6
McKenzie 1,339 42.2% 1,779 56.1% 54 3,172 R+13.9
La Moure 1,693 55.4% 1,344 44.0% 18 3,055 D+11.4
Emmons 1,599 56.2% 1,204 42.3% 44 2,847 D+13.9
McIntosh 1,226 44.8% 1,474 53.9% 36 2,736 R+9.1
Ransom 1,527 56.6% 1,157 42.9% 15 2,699 D+13.7
Pierce 1,378 51.7% 1,255 47.1% 32 2,665 D+4.6
Sargent 1,528 60.2% 993 39.1% 19 2,540 D+21.1
Nelson 1,300 54.5% 1,059 44.4% 26 2,385 D+10.1
Hettinger 1,257 53.4% 1,068 45.4% 28 2,353 D+8.0
Dunn 1,227 53.1% 1,045 45.3% 37 2,309 D+7.9
Foster 1,155 51.5% 1,076 48.0% 10 2,241 D+3.5
Grant 1,083 50.7% 1,023 47.9% 29 2,135 D+2.8
Griggs 1,082 51.6% 1,001 47.7% 15 2,098 D+3.9
Bowman 1,004 48.1% 1,053 50.4% 32 2,089 R+2.3
Towner 1,090 53.2% 945 46.1% 15 2,050 D+7.1
Kidder 1,013 52.0% 912 46.8% 22 1,947 D+5.2
Adams 975 51.0% 908 47.5% 30 1,913 D+3.5
Divide 919 50.5% 878 48.2% 23 1,820 D+2.3
Logan 932 51.9% 833 46.4% 30 1,795 D+5.5
Eddy 1,045 58.3% 731 40.8% 17 1,793 D+17.5
Renville 936 52.9% 821 46.4% 14 1,771 D+6.5
Burke 797 45.4% 940 53.6% 18 1,755 R+8.1
Steele 951 58.2% 670 41.0% 12 1,633 D+17.2
Sheridan 599 42.3% 805 56.9% 12 1,416 R+14.5
Sioux 831 59.7% 537 38.6% 23 1,391 D+21.1
Oliver 692 51.3% 636 47.2% 20 1,348 D+4.2
Golden Valley 524 47.8% 554 50.5% 19 1,097 R+2.7
Billings 367 51.4% 335 46.9% 12 714 D+4.5
Slope 339 55.2% 259 42.2% 16 614 D+13.0

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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