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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in North Dakota

Byron L. Dorgan (Democrat) beat Donna Nalewaja (Republican) in North Dakota in 1998, 63.2% to 35.2%, a margin of 28.0 points and 59,734 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Byron L. Dorgan also won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 53 counties. The largest, Cass, cast 35,858 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.0 points. The closest was Billings, where 65 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Byron L. Dorgan won Democratic 134,747 63.2%
Donna Nalewaja Republican 75,013 35.2%
All other candidates 3,598 1.7%
Total213,358

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 20,938 58.4% 14,473 40.4% 447 35,858 D+18.0
Burleigh 13,736 56.8% 9,980 41.3% 447 24,163 D+15.5
Ward 9,661 60.7% 6,047 38.0% 197 15,905 D+22.7
Grand Forks 10,487 67.4% 4,877 31.4% 186 15,550 D+36.1
Morton 5,163 61.3% 3,079 36.6% 177 8,419 D+24.8
Stark 4,664 65.7% 2,327 32.8% 106 7,097 D+32.9
Stutsman 4,584 65.6% 2,260 32.3% 147 6,991 D+33.2
Williams 4,300 62.6% 2,473 36.0% 99 6,872 D+26.6
Richland 3,429 62.9% 1,946 35.7% 76 5,451 D+27.2
Barnes 3,350 67.4% 1,473 29.7% 144 4,967 D+37.8
Rolette 3,550 83.0% 639 14.9% 87 4,276 D+68.1
Walsh 2,609 64.5% 1,376 34.0% 58 4,043 D+30.5
McLean 2,468 62.2% 1,425 35.9% 75 3,968 D+26.3
Ramsey 2,665 70.8% 1,034 27.5% 65 3,764 D+43.3
Mercer 2,247 61.3% 1,351 36.8% 70 3,668 D+24.4
Bottineau 2,241 65.8% 1,101 32.3% 64 3,406 D+33.5
Traill 2,148 65.3% 1,068 32.5% 71 3,287 D+32.9
Pembina 2,069 66.4% 1,016 32.6% 33 3,118 D+33.8
McHenry 1,685 65.3% 847 32.8% 47 2,579 D+32.5
Cavalier 1,754 72.5% 634 26.2% 32 2,420 D+46.3
Mountrail 1,678 70.3% 660 27.6% 50 2,388 D+42.6
McKenzie 1,361 60.2% 854 37.8% 46 2,261 D+22.4
Ransom 1,578 72.7% 571 26.3% 23 2,172 D+46.4
LaMoure 1,304 62.3% 760 36.3% 28 2,092 D+26.0
Dickey 1,184 57.6% 845 41.1% 25 2,054 D+16.5
Wells 1,172 57.8% 823 40.6% 32 2,027 D+17.2
Pierce 1,251 62.1% 720 35.7% 45 2,016 D+26.3
Emmons 1,159 58.5% 743 37.5% 79 1,981 D+21.0
Benson 1,336 72.8% 454 24.7% 46 1,836 D+48.0
Sargent 1,219 70.4% 495 28.6% 17 1,731 D+41.8
Nelson 1,248 73.1% 440 25.8% 20 1,708 D+47.3
McIntosh 929 56.9% 651 39.9% 52 1,632 D+17.0
Foster 1,110 68.4% 478 29.5% 35 1,623 D+38.9
Griggs 1,069 66.2% 517 32.0% 30 1,616 D+34.2
Hettinger 1,056 68.8% 439 28.6% 39 1,534 D+40.2
Dunn 943 64.2% 495 33.7% 30 1,468 D+30.5
Grant 794 59.1% 506 37.7% 43 1,343 D+21.4
Kidder 787 60.8% 458 35.4% 49 1,294 D+25.4
Divide 950 75.3% 299 23.7% 12 1,261 D+51.6
Eddy 837 67.0% 390 31.2% 22 1,249 D+35.8
Renville 840 68.1% 367 29.7% 27 1,234 D+38.3
Towner 933 76.0% 282 23.0% 12 1,227 D+53.1
Bowman 750 61.3% 456 37.3% 17 1,223 D+24.0
Logan 658 61.0% 399 37.0% 22 1,079 D+24.0
Steele 772 71.7% 288 26.8% 16 1,076 D+45.0
Oliver 606 58.9% 391 38.0% 31 1,028 D+20.9
Burke 683 69.0% 294 29.7% 13 990 D+39.3
Adams 628 66.5% 290 30.7% 27 945 D+35.8
Sheridan 423 48.5% 423 48.5% 26 872 level
Sioux 671 82.0% 133 16.3% 14 818 D+65.8
Golden Valley 504 62.4% 288 35.6% 16 808 D+26.7
Slope 302 61.4% 179 36.4% 11 492 D+25.0
Billings 264 55.2% 199 41.6% 15 478 D+13.6

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