North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2008

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Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives were held on November 4, 2008.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was April 11, 2008. The primary election day was June 3, 2008.

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.

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.

Year	Number of candidates	Total contributions
2012	97	$437,249
2010	87	$428,028
2008	91	$406,058
2006	91	$303,682
2004	93	$194,667
2002	98	$166,920
2000	101	$68,474

During the 2008 election, the total contributions to House candidates amounted to $406,058. The top 10 contributors were:

2008 Donors, North Dakota House of Representatives
Donor	Amount
House Republican Caucus of North Dakota	$33,075
Boilermakers Local 647	$29,900
North Dakota Republican Party	$28,200
North Dakota Lignite Council	$20,500
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives	$18,591
House Democratic-NPL Caucus of North Dakota	$17,175
North Dakota Petroleum Council	$14,650
North Dakota Association of Telecommunications Cooperatives	$14,075
Dak PAC	$12,500
Marathon Petroleum	$10,850

External links

• North Dakota Secretary of State, official 2008 primary results.
• North Dakota Secretary of State, official 2008 general election results.

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)

Jared Hagert (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 (83)

Democratic Party (11)

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