North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2010

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North Dakota State House elections, 2010

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Competitiveness analysis

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47

North Dakota House of Representatives State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for the office of North Dakota's House of Representatives were held in North Dakota on November 2, 2010.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 8, 2010. The primary election day was June 8, 2010.

In North Dakota, representatives serve four-year terms with no term limits and take office on the first Monday in December.

In the 2010 election, Republicans gained 11 seats and retained a majority in the chamber.

See also: North Dakota State Senate and State legislative elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

1. Patrick Hatlestad
2. Gary Sukut
3. Andrew Maragos
4. Roscoe Streyle
5. Scott Louser
6. Roger Brabandt
7. Jon Nelson
8. Dick Anderson (North Dakota)
9. Tracy Boe
10. Marvin Nelson
11. Scot Kelsh
12. Ron Guggisberg
13. Kim Koppelman
14. Alon Wieland
15. Dennis Johnson, North Dakota Representative
16. Curt Hofstad
17. Mark Sanford (North Dakota)
18. Mark Owens (North Dakota)
19. Gary Paur
20. Wayne Trottier
21. Kathy Hogan
22. Steve Zaiser
23. Don Vigesaa
24. William Devlin
25. John Wall (North Dakota)
26. Randy Boehning
27. Thomas Beadle
28. Craig Headland
29. Chet Pollert
30. Karen Rohr
31. Brenda Heller
32. Gary Kreidt
33. Bob Martinson
34. Karen Karls
35. Vicky Steiner
36. Nancy Johnson (North Dakota)
37. Keith Kempenich
38. David Drovdal
39. Al Carlson
40. Bette Grande
41. Lois Delmore
42. Curt Kreun
43. Ed Gruchalla
44. Joe Heilman
45. George Keiser
46. Lawrence Klemin
47. Clark Williams
48. James Schmidt (North Dakota)

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the North Dakota House of Representatives:

North Dakota House of Representatives
Party		As of November 1, 2010	After the 2010 Election
	Democratic Party	36	25
	Republican Party	58	69
Total		94	94

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
2010	87	$428,028
2008	91	$403,833
2006	91	$303,682
2004	93	$194,667
2002	98	$166,920
2000	101	$68,474

During the 2010 election, the total contributions to the 89 House candidates was $428,028. The top 10 contributors were:

2010 Donors, North Dakota House of Representatives
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

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

7 incumbents (8.5%) faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

• 1 Democratic incumbent faced no November challenger.
• 6 GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges

One incumbent (1.2%), Democrat Steve Zaiser faced competition in the June 8 primary. He moved on to the general election.

Retiring incumbents

Twelve incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 82 incumbents (87%) ran for re-election. Of the 12 incumbents who did not seek re-election, 7 were Democrats and 5 were Republicans.

Incumbents who retired were:

• District 5: Incumbent Democrat Elwood Thorpe.
• District 7: Incumbent Democrat Arlo Schmidt.
• District 9: Incumbent Democrat Merle Boucher.
• District 11: Incumbent Democrat Mary Ekstrom.
• District 17: Incumbent Republican Ken Svedjan.
• District 19: Incumbent Republican Gerald Uglem.
• District 21: Incumbent Democrat Jasper Schneider.
• District 27: Incumbent Democrat Lee Myxter.
• District 31: Incumbent Democrat Rodney Froelich.
• District 37: Incumbent Republican Francis Wald.
• District 43: Incumbent Republican Darrell Nottestad.
• District 45: Incumbent Republican Rick Berg.

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

Partisan dominance in state houses heading into the 2010 state legislative elections

District 1

June 8 Democratic primary result:

No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Patrick Hatlestad: 1,311 a Incumbent Hatlestad first assumed office for the 1st District in 2007.
• Gary Sukut: 1,305 a Incumbent Sukut first assumed office for the 1st District in 2007.

November 2 General election candidates:

Patrick Hatlestad 3,015

Gary Sukut 2,939

District 3

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Kari Lee Conrad: 276 a Incumbent Conrad first assumed office for the 3rd District in 2005.
• Lisa Wolf: 288 a Incumbent Wolf first assumed office for the 3rd District in 2007.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Andrew Maragos: 717 a
• Roscoe Streyle: 563 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Kari Lee Conrad 1,764

Lisa Wolf 1,982

Andrew Maragos 2,425

Roscoe Streyle 2,294

District 5

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Louis Pinkerton: 356 a Incumbent Pinkerton first assumed office for the 5th District in 2007.
• Heidi Rintoul: 296 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Scott Louser: 980a
• Roger Brabandt: 846 a

Note: Incumbent Democrat Elwood Thorpe did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Louis Pinkerton 2,733

Heidi Rintoul 1,476

Scott Louser 3,285

Roger Brabandt 2,794

Note: Recount possible, but not requested.

District 7

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Marie Marshall: 959 a
• Cindy Shattuck: 893 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Jon Nelson: 1,726 a Incumbent Nelson first assumed office for the 7th District in 1997.
• Dick Anderson: 1,603 a

Note: Incumbent Democrat Arlo Schmidt did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Marie Marshall 2,305

Cindy Shattuck 2,251

Jon Nelson 3,110

Dick Anderson 2,822

District 9

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Tracy Boe: 905 a Incumbent Boe first assumed office for the 9th District in 2003.
• Marvin Nelson: 643 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

Note: Incumbent Democrat Merle Boucher did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Tracy Boe 2,874

Marvin Nelson 1,920

District 11

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Scot Kelsh: 563 a Incumbent Kelsh first assumed office for the 11th District in 1997.
• Ron Guggisberg: 531 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• David Gibb: 541 a
• Zach Heuer: 444 a

Note: Incumbent Democrat Mary Ekstrom did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Scot Kelsh 2,154

Ron Guggisberg 2,114

David Gibb 1,516

Zach Heuer 1,283

Mike Williams 1,123

District 13

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Mary C Tintes: 584 a
• Michael Halverson: 547 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Kim Koppelman: 1,256 a Incumbent Koppelman first assumed office for the 13th District in 1995.
• Alon Wieland: 1,163 a Incumbent Wieland first assumed office for the 13th District in 2003.

November 2 General election candidates:

Mary C Tintes 2,058

Michael Halverson 1,941

Kim Koppelman 3,652

Alon Wieland 3,461

District 15

June 8 Democratic primary result:

No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Dennis Johnson: 1,488 a Incumbent Johnson first assumed office for the 15th District in 1993.
• Curt Hofstad: 1,436 a Incumbent Hofstad first assumed office for the 15th District in 2007.

November 2 General election candidates:

Dennis Johnson 3,553

Curt Hofstad 3,442

District 17

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Bernell Bachmeier: 472 a
• Louise Potter: 581 a Incumbent Potter first assumed office for the 17th District in 2003.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Mark Sanford: 1,120 a
• Mark Owens: 770 a

Note: Incumbent Republican Ken Svedjan did not seek re-election in 2010.

June 8 Libertarian primary:

• Anthony Stewart: 8 Note: Stewart and two other libertarian candidates sued the state to get on the ballot for the November 2 general election.North Dakota is the only state nationally to require a minimum number of primary votes in order to qualify for the general election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Bernell Bachmeier 1,606

Louise Potter 2,541

Mark Sanford 4,018

Mark Owens 2,950

District 19

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Chris Griffin: 431 a Incumbent Griffin first assumed office for the 19th District in 2007.
• Bernice Kvasager: 383 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Gary Paur: 825 a
• Wayne Trottier: 967 a

Note: Incumbent Republican Gerald Uglem did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Chris Griffin 1,550

Bernice Kvasager 1,070

Gary Paur 1,935

Wayne Trottier 1,895

District 21

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Kathy Hogan: 377 a Incumbent Hogan was selected in November of 2009 to replace Jasper Schneider (D) who resigned to take another position.
• Steve Zaiser: 311 a Incumbent Zaiser first assumed office for the 21st District in 2003.
• Scott Edward Haugen: 205

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Rachael Disrud: 326 a
• Jay Schmallen: 278 a

November 2 General election candidates: Note: Recount Possible

Kathy Hogan 1,628

Steve Zaiser 1,524

Rachael Disrud 1,464

Jay Schmallen 1,200

District 23

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Ben Vig: 969 a Incumbent Vig first assumed office for the 23rd District in 2007.
• Erich Steven Longie: 726 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Don Vigesaa: 1,344 a Incumbent Vigesaa first assumed office for the 23rd District in 2003.
• William Devlin: 1,223 a

November 2 General election candidates: Note: Recount Possible

Ben Vig 2,277

Erich Steven Longie 1,612

Don Vigesaa 2,771

William Devlin 2,351

District 25

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Larry Gast: 233 a
• Clark Williams: 296 a Incumbent Williams first assumed office for the 25th District in 2003.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Ron Flesland: 418 a
• John Wall: 622 a Incumbent Wall first assumed office for the 25th District in 2005.

November 2 General election candidates:

Larry Gast 1,389

Clark Williams 2,043

Ron Flesland 1,652

John Wall 2,754

District 27

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Tricia Kelly: 352 a

Note: Incumbent Democrat Lee Myxter did not seek re-election in 2010.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Randy Boehning: 548 a Incumbent Boehning first assumed office for the 27th District in 2003.
• Thomas Beadle: 503 a

November 2 General election candidates:

Tricia Kelly 2,480

Randy Boehning 3,345

Thomas Beadle 2,877

District 29

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Ellen Linderman: 745 a
• Jason McKenney: 663 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Craig Headland: 1,468 a Incumbent Headland first assumed office for the 29th District in 2003.
• Chet Pollert: 1,462 a Incumbent Pollert first assumed office for the 29th District in 1999.

November 2 General election candidates:

Ellen Linderman 2,114

Jason McKenney 1,767

Craig Headland 2,932

Chet Pollert 3,356

District 31

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• James Kerzman: 506 a Incumbent Kerzman first assumed office for the 31st District in 1991.
• Chad Harrison: 491 a

Note: Incumbent Democrat Rodney Froelich did not seek re-election in 2010.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• James Schmidt: 1,121 a
• Karen Rohr: 1,114 a

November 2 General election candidates:

James Kerzman 1,967

Chad Harrison 1,578

James Schmidt 2,434

Karen Rohr 2,523

District 33

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Judy Lang: 543 a
• Jane Opdahl: 619 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Brenda Heller: 1,974 a Incumbent Heller first assumed office for the 33rd District in 2007.
• Gary Kreidt: 1,976 a Incumbent Kreidt first assumed office for the 33rd District in 2003.

November 2 General election candidates:

Judy Lang 1,781

Jane Opdahl 2,216

Brenda Heller 3,892

Gary Kreidt 3,802

District 35

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Mike Frohlich: 585 a
• Nicole Elkin: 567 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Bob Martinson: 1,535 a Incumbent Martinson first assumed office for the 35th District in 2001.
• Karen Karls: 1,360 a Incumbent Karls first assumed office for the 35th District in 2007.

November 2 General election candidates:

Mike Frohlich 2,005

Nicole Elkin 1,691

Bob Martinson 3,714

Karen Karls 3,390

District 37

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Cindy Klein: 601 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Vicky Steiner: 1,770 a
• Nancy Johnson: 1,684 a Incumbent Johnson first assumed office for the 37th District in 1999.

Note: Incumbent Republican Francis Wald did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Cindy Klein 1,488

Vicky Steiner 3,464

Nancy Johnson 3,088

District 39

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Aaron Judkins: 542 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Keith Kempenich: 2,089 a Incumbent Kempenich first assumed office for the 39th District in 1993.
• David Drovdal: 2,016 a Incumbent Drovdal first assumed office for the 39th District in 1993.

November 2 General election candidates:

Aaron Judkins 1,530

Keith Kempenich 4,337

David Drovdal 4,220

District 41

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Tyrel Hegland: 426 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Al Carlson: 884 a Incumbent Carlson first assumed office for the 41st District in 1993.
• Bette Grande: 747a Incumbent Grande first assumed office for the 41st District in 1997.

November 2 General election candidates:

Tyrel Hegland 2,153

Al Carlson 3,016

Bette Grande 2,750

District 43

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Lois Delmore: 359 a Incumbent Delmore first assumed office for the 43rd District in 1995.
• Donald Vangsnes: 311 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Curt Kreun: 490 a
• Donald Dietrich: 489 a

Note: Incumbent Republican Darrell Nottestad did not seek re-election in 2010.

June 8 Libertarian primary result:

• Thommy Passa: 4 Note: Passa and two other libertarian candidates sued the state to get on the ballot for the November 2 general election. North Dakota is the only state nationally to require a minimum number of primary votes in order to qualify for the general election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: These were the results of an automatic recount.

Lois Delmore 1,899

Donald Vangsnes 1,510

Curt Kreun 1,972

Donald Dietrich 1,894

District 45

June 8 Democratic primary result:

• Ed Gruchalla: 355 a Incumbent Gruchalla first assumed office for the 45th District in 2007.
• Prairie Rose Seminole: 281 a

June 8 GOP primary result:

• Joe Heilman: 589 a
• Andrew Marschall: 500 a

Note: Incumbent Republican Rick Berg did not seek re-election in 2010.

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: These were the results of an automatic recount.

Ed Gruchalla 1,923

Prairie Rose Seminole 1,379

Joe Heilman 2,350

Andrew Marschall 1,915

District 47

June 8 Democratic primary result:

No Democrats filed to run for this seat.

June 8 GOP primary result:

• George Keiser: 2,342 a Incumbent Keiser first assumed office for the 47th District in 1993.
• Lawrence Klemin: 2,191 a Incumbent Klemin first assumed office for the 47th District in 1999.

November 2 General election candidates:

George Keiser 6,294

Lawrence Klemin 5,634

Robert Lengenfelder 1,978

See also

• North Dakota House of Representatives
• North Dakota State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2010
• Primary election dates in 2010

External links

• Official House of Representatives General Election Results
• List of candidates for the June 8, 2010 primary
• North Dakota Democratic NPL's list of 2010 legislative candidates
• Official general election candidate list
• Project Vote Smart list of candidates for North Dakota House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010 election

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)

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

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 (81)

Democratic Party (11)