North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

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Elections for the office of North Dakota House of Representatives will be held in North Dakota on November 6, 2012. A total of 50 seats will be up for election. Legislators serve four-year terms in North Dakota. In 2010, 48 legislators were elected.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was April 13, 2012. The primary election day was June 12, 2012.

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2012 and State legislative elections, 2012

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party holds the majority in the North Dakota House of Representatives:

North Dakota House of Representatives
Party		As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	25	23
	Republican Party	69	71
Total		94	94

Incumbents retiring

A total of 10 incumbents are not running for re-election in 2012. Those incumbents are:

Name:	Party:	Current office:
Dave Weiler	Republican	North Dakota House of Representatives District 30
Dwight Wrangham	Republican	North Dakota House of Representatives District 8
Joe Kroeber	Democratic	North Dakota House of Representatives District 12
Joyce Kingsbury	Republican	North Dakota House of Representatives District 16
Lee Kaldor	Democratic	North Dakota House of Representatives District 20
Lonny Winrich	Democratic	North Dakota House of Representatives District 18
Phillip Mueller	Democratic	North Dakota House of Representatives District 24
Ralph Metcalf	Democratic	North Dakota House of Representatives District 24
Stacey Dahl	Republican	North Dakota House of Representatives District 42
Vonnie Pietsch	Republican	North Dakota House of Representatives District 22

Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in North Dakota in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state house races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.^[1]

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2010	87	$428,028
2008	91	$403,833
2006	91	$303,682
2004	93	$194,667
2002	98	$166,920

In 2010, the candidates for state house raised a total of $428,028 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were: ^[2]

Donor	Amount
Lignite Energy Council	$32,500
House Democratic-NPL Caucus of North Dakota	$30,130
North Dakota Association of Realtors	$27,679
Boilermakers Local 647	$20,250
Marathon Oil	$18,000
North Dakota Association of Telecommunications Cooperatives	$17,000
DAK PAC	$16,500
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives	$14,800
House Republican Caucus of North Dakota	$14,303
North Dakota Petroleum Council	$12,175

Qualifications

Article 4, Section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution states: State Senators and Representatives must be, on the day of the election, qualified voters in the district from which they are chosen and a resident of the state for one year preceding election to office.

List of candidates

Note: Candidate lists can change frequently throughout the election season. Ballotpedia staff will be re-examining the list on a monthly basis for any changes. This list was last examined on July 16, 2012. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you are aware of a candidate we've missed or one incorrectly listed, please send an email to: Tyler King.

District 2

June 12 Democratic primary:

Dorvan Solberg 968 a

June 12 GOP primary:

David S. Rust 1,749 a Incumbent Rust first assumed office in 2008.
Bob Skarphol 1,791 a Incumbent Skarphol first assumed office in 2000.

November 6 General election candidates:

Dorvan Solberg

David S. Rust

Bob Skarphol

District 4

June 12 Democratic primary:

Kenton Onstad 1,022 a Incumbent Onstad first assumed office in 2000.
Tom Conklin 862 a Incumbent Conklin first assumed office in 2008.

June 12 GOP primary:

Glen Froseth 1,474 a District 6 Incumbent Froseth first assumed office in 1992.

November 6 General election candidates:

Kenton Onstad

Tom Conklin

Glen Froseth

District 6

Note: Incumbent Glen Froseth (R) is running for re-election in District 4.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Bob Hunskor 1,560 a Incumbent Hunskor first assumed office in 2000.
Cindy Shattuck 1,398 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Dick Anderson 2,070 a District 7 Incumbent Anderson first assumed office in 2010.
Myron Hanson 2,030 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 7

Note: Incumbent Jon Nelson (R) is running for re-election in District 14. Incumbent Dick Anderson (R) is running for re-election in District 6.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Tom Kelsh 791 a
Warren D. Larson 748 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Rick Becker 1,871 a
Jason Dockter 1,951 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 8

Note: Incumbent Dwight Wrangham (R) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Casey D. Buchmann 1,014 a
Tanya Stebbins 1,081 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Jeff Delzer 2,416 a Incumbent Delzer first assumed office in 1994.
Vernon Laning 2,089 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 10

June 12 Democratic primary:

No candidates have filed for this district.

June 12 GOP primary:

Charles Damschen 2,162 a Incumbent Damschen first assumed office in 2004.
David Monson 2,486 a Incumbent Monson first assumed office in 1992.

November 6 General election candidates:

Charles Damschen

David Monson

District 12

Note: Incumbent Joe Kroeber (D) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Jessica Haak 860 a
Lyle Hanson 923 a Incumbent Hanson first assumed office in 1978.

June 12 GOP primary:

Kenneth Hall 1,202 a
Alex Looysen 1,270 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 14

June 12 Democratic primary:

No candidates have filed for this district.

June 12 GOP primary:

Duane DeKrey 1,793 Incumbent DeKrey first assumed office in 1994.
Jon Nelson 1,855 a District 7 Incumbent Nelson first assumed office in 1996.
Robin Weisz 1,849 a Incumbent Weisz first assumed office in 1996.

November 6 General election candidates:

Jon Nelson

Robin Weisz

District 16

Note: Incumbent Robert Kilichowski (D) is running for re-election in District 19. Incumbent Joyce Kingsbury (R) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Ben Hanson 559 a
Mike Lindemann 611 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Ben Koppelman 810 a
Mark Puppe 605 a

Note: Mark Puppe was replaced by Harlan Goerger on the general election ballot.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 18

Note: Incumbent Lonny Winrich (D) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Eliot Glassheim 1,208 a Incumbent Glassheim first assumed office in 1992.
Marie Strinden 1,035 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Dane J. Ferguson 1,073 a

November 6 General election candidates:

Eliot Glassheim

Marie Strinden

Dane J. Ferguson

District 19

June 12 Democratic primary:

Carol Gierszewski 839 a
Robert Kilichowski 978 a District 16 Incumbent Kilichowski first assumed office in 2008.

June 12 GOP primary:

Gary Paur 1,692 a Incumbent Paur first assumed office in 2010.
Wayne Trottier 1,570 a Incumbent Trottier first assumed office in 2010.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 20

Note: Incumbent Lee Kaldor (D) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Rick Holman 1,352 a Incumbent Holman first assumed office in 2008.
Gail Mooney 1,247 a

June 12 GOP primary:

No candidates have filed for this district.

November 6 General election candidates:

Rick Holman

Gail Mooney

District 22

Note: Incumbent Vonnie Pietsch (R) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Allan Peterson 1,114 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Wesley R. Belter 1,640 a Incumbent Belter first assumed office in 1984.
Peter F. Silbernagel 1,501 a

November 6 General election candidates:

Allan Peterson

Wesley R. Belter

Peter F. Silbernagel

District 24

Note: Incumbents Phillip Mueller (D) and Ralph Metcalf (D) are not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Sharon E. Buhr 1,516 a
Naomi T. Muscha 1,397 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Dwight Kiefert 1,718 a
Myrene Peterson 1,274 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 26

June 12 Democratic primary:

Bill Amerman 1,533 a Incumbent Amerman first assumed office in 2002.
Jerome Kelsh 1,552 a Incumbent Kelsh first assumed office in 2008.

June 12 GOP primary:

Sebastian Ertelt 1,031 a
Kathy Skroch 1,306 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 28

June 12 Democratic primary:

Joan Hoffman 919 a
Austin Wald 918 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Michael D. Brandenburg 2,051 a Incumbent Brandenburg first assumed office in 2004.
William E. Kretschmar 1,468 a Incumbent Kretschmar first assumed office in 2000.
Jeffery J. Magrum 1,459
Barton Schott 1,162

Note: According to unofficial election night results, Kretschmar leads Magrum by 13 votes. This slim lead triggered an automatic recount. The official results from the automatic recount confirmed a nine vote lead for Kretschmar over Magrum.^[3]^[4]

November 6 General election candidates:

Joan Hoffman

Austin Wald

Michael D. Brandenburg

William E. Kretschmar

District 30

Note: Incumbent Dave Weiler (R) is not running for re-election.

June 12 Democratic primary:

Tom Decker 835 a
Daphne Ghorbani 752 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Diane Larson 1,652 a
Mike Nathe 1,764 a Incumbent Nathe first assumed office in 2008.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 32

June 12 Democratic primary:

Wade Schemmel 832 a
Jim Unkenholz 840 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Mark Dosch 1,710 a Incumbent Dosch first assumed office in 2000.
Lisa Meier 1,634 a Incumbent Meier first assumed office in 2008.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 34

June 12 Democratic primary:

Lori Furaus 975 a
Sid Kadrmas 967 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Rae Ann Kelsch 839 Incumbent Kelsch first assumed office in 1990.
Todd K. Porter 1,916 a Incumbent Porter first assumed office in 1998.
Nathan P. Toman 1,529 a

November 6 General election candidates:

District 36

June 12 Democratic primary:

Bev Berger 625 a
Shirley Meyer 813 a Incumbent Meyer first assumed office in 2004.

June 12 GOP primary:

Alan Fehr 1,404 a
Mike Schatz 1,887 a Incumbent Schatz first assumed office in 2008.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 38

June 12 Democratic primary:

Robert E. Kibler 526 a
Mike Rose 582 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Larry Bellew 1,421 a Incumbent Bellew first assumed office in 2000.
Dan Ruby 1,539 a Incumbent Ruby first assumed office in 2000.

November 6 General election candidates:

District 40

June 12 Democratic primary:

Sue Olafson 403 a
Louis Pinkerton 420 a

June 12 GOP primary:

Matthew Klein (write-in) 179 a Incumbent Klein assumed office in 1992.
Robert Frantsvog (write-in) 182 a Incumbent Frantsvog assumed office in 2008.

Note: As of April 24, no Republican candidates had qualified for the ballot in District 40. Incumbents Matthew Klein (R) and Robert Frantsvog (R) did not file the proper paperwork before the filing deadline. Ultimately, Klein and Frantsvog earned the Republican nomination by each receiving at least 143 write-in votes in the June 12 primary.^[5]^[6]

November 6 General election candidates: