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John Pederson (North Dakota)
John Pederson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Dakota State Senate to represent District 20. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Dakota State Senate District 20
Incumbent Randy Lemm defeated John Pederson in the general election for North Dakota State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Lemm (R) | 70.9 | 6,151 | |
| John Pederson (D) | 28.9 | 2,505 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 8,673 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 20
John Pederson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota State Senate District 20 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Pederson | 99.8 | 644 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 645 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 20
Incumbent Randy Lemm advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota State Senate District 20 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Lemm | 99.2 | 2,322 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 2,340 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pederson in this election.
2020
See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Mike Beltz and Jared Hagert defeated John Pederson and Zachary Blotsky in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Beltz (R) | 34.5 | 4,210 |
| ✔ |  | Jared Hagert (R) | 33.3 | 4,071 |
| John Pederson (D) | 16.5 | 2,014 | ||
| Zachary Blotsky (D) | 15.6 | 1,908 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 12,212 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
John Pederson and Zachary Blotsky advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Pederson | 52.5 | 815 | |
| ✔ | Zachary Blotsky | 47.3 | 733 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,551 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Mike Beltz and Jared Hagert defeated incumbent Aaron McWilliams in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 20 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Beltz | 38.8 | 1,385 |
| ✔ | | Jared Hagert | 38.0 | 1,356 |
 | Aaron McWilliams | 23.1 | 822 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 3,565 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Pederson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
John Pederson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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