2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota

2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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Turnout56.27% Decrease
 
Nominee Kevin Cramer Heidi Heitkamp
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote 179,720 144,376
Percentage 55.11% 44.27%

Cramer:      40—50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Heitkamp:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic–NPL

Elected U.S. Senator

Kevin Cramer
Republican

The 2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota, concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate, as well as other federal, state and local elections in North Dakota.

This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. Incumbent senator Heidi Heitkamp ran for reelection to a second term.[1] The candidate filing deadline was April 9, 2018, and the primary election was held on June 12, 2018.[2] U.S. Representative Kevin Cramer won the Republican primary to challenge Heitkamp, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.

On November 6, 2018, Cramer defeated Heitkamp in the general election, becoming the first Republican to win this seat since 1958. This marked the first time since 1960 that Republicans held both of North Dakota's Senate seats. This also marked the first time since 1959 that North Dakota's congressional delegation was completely Republican.

  1. ^ Springer, Patrick (September 13, 2017). "U.S. Sen. Heitkamp announces run for re-election". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Forum Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2018 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved March 3, 2017. [permanent dead link]