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United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, North Dakota
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 8, 2024
Primary: June 11, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
Kevin Cramer (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: Open between 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.; close between 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Voting in North Dakota
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
U.S. Senate, North Dakota
U.S. Senate • At-large
North Dakota elections, 2024
U.S. Congress elections, 2024
U.S. Senate elections, 2024
U.S. House elections, 2024

A Republican Party primary took place on June 11, 2024, in North Dakota to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Kevin Cramer advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Dakota.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 8, 2024
June 11, 2024
November 5, 2024


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Kevin Cramer (Republican), who was first elected in 2018.

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.[2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on North Dakota's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Dakota

Incumbent Kevin Cramer advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Dakota on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
 
97.7
 
82,692
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.3
 
1,913

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 84,605
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Voting information

See also: Voting in North Dakota

Election information in North Dakota: June 11, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: June 10, 2024
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 10, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by June 10, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

N/A to N/A

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CST/MST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Kevin Cramer Republican Party $6,577,477 $4,421,410 $2,354,889 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in North Dakota in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in North Dakota, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
North Dakota U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party 3% of votes cast for the same office and party in the last election, or 300, whichever is less N/A 4/8/2024 Source
North Dakota U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 1,000 N/A 9/2/2024 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in North Dakota and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for North Dakota, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
North Dakota's At-Large Kelly Armstrong Ends.png Republican R+20


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, North Dakota[4]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
North Dakota's At-Large 31.9% 65.5%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 95.7% of North Dakotans lived in one of the state's 47 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 2.2% lived in one of four Trending Republican counties. Overall, North Dakota was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in North Dakota following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

North Dakota presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 5 Democratic wins
  • 26 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D D R R R D D R R R R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from North Dakota

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in North Dakota.

U.S. Senate election results in North Dakota
Race Winner Runner up
2022 56.4%Republican Party 25.0%Democratic Party
2018 55.5%Republican Party 44.5%Democratic Party
2016 78.4%Republican Party 17.0%Democratic Party
2012 50.2%Democratic Party 49.3%Republican Party
2010 76.2%Republican Party 22.2%Democratic Party
Average 65.4 32.5

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of North Dakota

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in North Dakota.

Gubernatorial election results in North Dakota
Race Winner Runner up
2020 65.8%Republican Party 25.4%Democratic Party
2016 76.5%Republican Party 19.4%Democratic Party
2012 63.1%Republican Party 34.3%Democratic Party
2008 74.4%Republican Party 23.5%Democratic Party
2004 71.3%Republican Party 27.4%Democratic Party
Average 70.2 26.0
See also: Party control of North Dakota state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of North Dakota's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from North Dakota
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 1 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 1 3

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in North Dakota's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in North Dakota, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Doug Burgum
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Tammy Miller
Secretary of State Republican Party Michael Howe
Attorney General Republican Party Drew Wrigley

State legislature

North Dakota State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 4
     Republican Party 43
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 47

North Dakota House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 12
     Republican Party 82
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 94

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

North Dakota Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

The table below details demographic data in North Dakota and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for North Dakota
North Dakota United States
Population 779,094 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 68,993 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 84.5% 65.9%
Black/African American 3.2% 12.5%
Asian 1.6% 5.8%
Native American 4.7% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.2%
Other (single race) 1.4% 6%
Multiple 4.4% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 4.3% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.5% 89.1%
College graduation rate 31.4% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $73,959 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 6.1% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
  3. ↑ Justia, "2023 North Dakota Century Code, CHAPTER 16.1-11 NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE - PRIMARY ELECTION," accessed August 12, 2024
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023


North Dakota's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Kevin Cramer (R)
John Hoeven (R)
Representatives
Republican Party (3)


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