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Janne Myrdal
2022 - Present
2026
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Janne Myrdal (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota State Senate, representing District 19. She assumed office on December 1, 2022. Her current term ends on December 1, 2026.
Myrdal (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota State Senate to represent District 19. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Myrdal was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota. All North Dakota delegates were unpledged. Myrdal, however, was one of 18 North Dakota delegates on a list of preferred delegates circulated by Ted Cruz's campaign prior to the North Dakota State Convention in April 2016.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Biography
Janne Myrdal's career experience includes working as a farmer. Myrdal has been affiliated with the ND Rural Development Council, the board of ND DE Social Services, and Concerned Women for America.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Myrdal was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Myrdal was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Myrdal was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| North Dakota committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture, Vice chair |
| • Judiciary |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Dakota State Senate District 19
Incumbent Janne Myrdal defeated Travis Hipsher in the general election for North Dakota State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Janne Myrdal (R) | 75.7 | 4,369 |
| Travis Hipsher (D) | 24.1 | 1,392 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 5,772 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 19
Travis Hipsher advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 19 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Travis Hipsher | 99.6 | 561 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 563 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 19
Incumbent Janne Myrdal advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 19 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janne Myrdal | 99.0 | 2,806 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 2,834 | |||
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2020
See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Dakota State Senate District 10
Incumbent Janne Myrdal defeated Charlie Hart in the general election for North Dakota State Senate District 10 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janne Myrdal (R) | 74.3 | 5,067 |
| Charlie Hart (D) | 25.6 | 1,744 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 6,819 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 10
Charlie Hart advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 10 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Hart | 99.9 | 813 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 814 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 10
Incumbent Janne Myrdal advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 10 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janne Myrdal | 99.3 | 2,622 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 2,640 | |||
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2016
Elections for the North Dakota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 11, 2016. Incumbent Joe Miller (R) did not seek re-election.
Janne Myrdal defeated Quentin Wenzel in the North Dakota State Senate District 10 general election.[3][4]
| North Dakota State Senate, District 10 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Janne Myrdal |
64.35% | 4,246 | |
| Democratic | Quentin Wenzel | 35.65% | 2,352 | |
| Total Votes | 6,598 | |||
| Source: North Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Quentin Wenzel ran unopposed in the North Dakota State Senate District 10 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| North Dakota State Senate, District 10 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Quentin Wenzel (unopposed) | |
Janne Myrdal ran unopposed in the North Dakota State Senate District 10 Republican primary.[5][6]
| North Dakota State Senate, District 10 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Janne Myrdal (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Myrdal was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota.
Delegate rules
Delegates from North Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were selected by committee at the state Republican convention in April 2016. North Dakota GOP bylaws did not require delegates to indicate which presidential candidate they prefer at the time of their selection. At the national convention, delegates from North Dakota were unbound on all ballots.
Delegate allocation
North Dakota had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 22 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Delegates to the state convention were selected at district conventions, where no presidential preference poll was taken. The state's Republican National Convention delegation was selected at the state GOP convention, April 1-3, 2016.[7][8]
Scorecards
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the North Dakota State Legislature was not in session. |
2021
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In 2021, the North Dakota State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 29.
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2020
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In 2020, the North Dakota State Legislature was not in session. |
2019
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In 2019, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 26.
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2018
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In 2018, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the 65th North Dakota Legislative Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 27.
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2016
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In 2016, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly did not hold a regular session. |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder North Dakota State Senate District 19 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Daily Caller, "North Dakota GOP Delegate Slate Shows Majority Support Cruz," April 3, 2016
- ↑ North Dakota Legislative Branch, "Janne Myrdal," accessed January 30, 2023
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 14, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Fors (R) |
North Dakota State Senate District 19 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
North Dakota State Senate District 10 2016-2022 |
Succeeded by Ryan Braunberger (D) |
