Mary Adams (North Dakota)

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Mary Adams

Democratic Party

Prior offices:

North Dakota House of Representatives District 43

Years in office: 2018 - 2022

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Mary Adams (Democratic Party) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 43. She assumed office on December 1, 2018. She left office on December 1, 2022.

Adams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 18. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Adams was assigned to the following committees:

• House Industry, Business and Labor Committee
• House Political Subdivisions Committee

2019-2020

Adams was assigned to the following committees:

• House Industry, Business and Labor Committee
• House Political Subdivisions Committee

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Steve Vetter and Nels Christianson defeated Mary Adams and Scott Nelson in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Vetter (R)	29.7	3,465
✔		Nels Christianson (R)	24.3	2,837
	Submit photo	Mary Adams (D)	23.8	2,779
	Submit photo	Scott Nelson (D)	22.0	2,562
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	14

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,657
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Mary Adams and Scott Nelson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mary Adams	53.2	427
✔	Submit photo	Scott Nelson	46.7	375
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 803
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Steve Vetter and Nels Christianson advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 18 on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Vetter	53.7	755
✔		Nels Christianson	45.3	637
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	14

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,406
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Schofield (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Adams in this election.

2022

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Eric Murphy and incumbent Zac Ista defeated incumbent Mary Adams and Ethan Harsell in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Eric Murphy (R)	25.9	1,756
✔		Zac Ista (D)	25.3	1,716
	Submit photo	Mary Adams (D)	25.3	1,712
		Ethan Harsell (R)	23.3	1,580
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,773
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mary Adams and incumbent Zac Ista advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mary Adams	54.6	416
✔		Zac Ista	45.4	346

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 762
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Eric Murphy and Ethan Harsell advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on June 14, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Eric Murphy	52.8	623
✔		Ethan Harsell	47.0	554
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,179
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2018

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Mary Adams and Matt Eidson defeated Ben Olson and incumbent Richard Becker in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mary Adams (D)	28.2	2,590
✔		Matt Eidson (D)	24.5	2,254
	Submit photo	Ben Olson (R)	24.1	2,219
		Richard Becker (R)	23.0	2,113
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	15

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,191
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Mary Adams and Matt Eidson advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mary Adams	54.3	596
✔		Matt Eidson	45.7	501

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,097
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 (2 seats)

Incumbent Richard Becker and Ben Olson advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 43 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Becker	50.4	500
✔	Submit photo	Ben Olson	49.6	493

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 993
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Mary Adams campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	North Dakota House of Representatives District 18	Lost general	$9,971	$0
2022	North Dakota House of Representatives District 43	Lost general	$13,919	$0
2018	North Dakota House of Representatives District 43	Won general	$7,287	N/A**
Grand total			$31,177	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

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. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Family Policy Alliance of North Dakota Legislators are scored on bills related to family issues. Greater North Dakota Chamber (via Votesmart) Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Weisz

Majority Leader:Mike Lefor

Minority Leader:Zac Ista

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Lori VanWinkle (R)

District 4A

Lisa Finley-DeVille (D)

District 4B

Clayton Fegley (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Dan Vollmer (R)

District 7

Jason Dockter (R)

Matthew Heilman (R)

District 8

Mike Berg (R)

SuAnn Olson (R)

District 9

Collette Brown (D)

Jayme Davis (D)

District 10

Jared Hendrix (R)

Steve Swiontek (R)

District 11

Liz Conmy (D)

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Jim Jonas (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Kathy Frelich (R)

Donna Henderson (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Landon Bahl (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Nels Christianson (R)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Karen Anderson (R)

David Monson (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Brandy Pyle (R)

Jonathan Warrey (R)

District 23

Dennis Nehring (R)

Nico Rios (R)

District 24

Daniel Johnston (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Kathy Skroch (R)

District 26

Roger Maki (R)

Kelby Timmons (R)

District 27

Timothy Brown (R)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jim Grueneich (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Dawson Holle (R)

Karen Rohr (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Anna Novak (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Ty Dressler (R)

Dori Hauck (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Dan Ruby (R)

Christina Wolff (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 40

Macy Bolinske (R)

Matthew Ruby (R)

District 41

Karen Grindberg (R)

Jorin Johnson (R)

District 42

Dustin McNally (R)

Doug Osowski (R)

District 43

Zac Ista (D)

Eric Murphy (R)

District 44

Austin Foss (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Carrie McLeod (R)

Scott Wagner (R)

District 46

James Kasper (R)

Desiree Morton (R)

District 47

Lawrence Klemin (R)

Mike Motschenbacher (R)

Republican Party (82)

Democratic Party (11)