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North Dakota Secretary of State election, 2014
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The North Dakota Secretary of State election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Al Jaeger (R) was first elected in 1992 and was seeking re-election in 2014. He faced Democratic candidate April Fairfield and Libertarian Party candidate Roland Riemers. Jaeger won election to another four-year term.
The past elections section shows 25-point margins of victory for Jaeger in 2000, 2004 and 2010.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. A primary election is also sometimes used to choose convention delegates and party leaders; however, these selection processes can vary from state to state and party to party within a state. In North Dakota, precinct, district, and state party officials are selected at party caucuses and conventions, not at the state-administered primary election. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Dakota utilizes an open primary system, in which voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Candidates
General election
Al Jaeger - Incumbent
April Fairfield - Non-profit director[3]
Roland Riemers[4]
Results
General election
| Secretary of State of North Dakota, 2014 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Al Jaeger Incumbent |
62.4% | 152,085 | |
| Democratic | April Fairfield | 32.2% | 78,474 | |
| Libertarian | Roland Riemers | 5.3% | 12,920 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.1% | 278 | |
| Total Votes | 243,757 | |||
| Election results via North Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Past elections
2010
| Secretary of State, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Al Jaeger Incumbent |
62.4% | 145,882 | |
| Democrat | Corey Mock | 37.5% | 87,519 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 0.1% | 222 | |
| Total Votes | 233,623 | |||
2006
| Secretary of State, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Al Jaeger Incumbent |
53.9% | 115,341 | |
| Democrat | Kristin Hedger | 46.1% | 98,583 | |
| Total Votes | 213,924 | |||
2004
| Secretary of State, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Al Jaeger Incumbent |
65.2% | 193,088 | |
| Democrat | Douglas Melby | 34.8% | 103,236 | |
| Total Votes | 296,324 | |||
2000
| Secretary of State, 2000[5] | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Al Jaeger |
65.6% | 178,950 | |
| Democrat | Dennis Bercier | 34.4% | 94,024 | |
| Total Votes | 272,974 | |||
Campaign finance
Comprehensive donor information for this election has been collected by Follow the Money. Based on available campaign finance records, the candidates raised a total of $84,382 during the election. This information was last updated on April 3, 2015.[6]
| Campaign Contribution Totals | ||||
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| Candidate | Office | Result | Contributions | |
| Al Jaeger |
North Dakota Secretary of State |  |
$52,133 | |
| April Fairfield |
North Dakota Secretary of State |  |
$32,249 | |
| Roland Riemers |
North Dakota Secretary of State | |
$0 | |
| Grand Total Raised | $84,382 | |||
Key deadlines
| Deadline | Event |
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| April 7, 2014 | Primary filing deadline[7] |
| June 10, 2014 | Primary election |
| September 2, 2014 | General election filing deadline for independent candidates |
| November 4, 2014 | General election |
| January 1, 2015 | Official swearing-in of state executive officials elected in November |
| January 6, 2015 | Ceremonial swearing-in of state executive officials elected in November |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "North + Dakota + Secretary + State + elections"
See also
- North Dakota Secretary of State
- North Dakota state executive official elections, 2014
- State executive official elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly, "N.D. Cent. Code § 16.1–11–22," accessed September 15, 2025
- ↑ North Dakota Legislative Assembly, "N.D. Cent. Code § 16.1-01-06," accessed September 15, 2025
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "Fairfield and Jaeger quickly disagree," March 27, 2014
- ↑ North Dakota Libertarian Party, "2014 candidates," accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State - 2000 General Election Results
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Overview of North Dakota 2014 elections," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "North Dakota Election Calendar," January 2, 2014
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