2022 North Dakota Senate election
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The 2022 North Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections . 32 of the seats in the North Dakota State Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 14, 2022.[ 1] The elections coincided with elections for other offices in North Dakota , including the US Senate , US House , North Dakota Secretary of State , North Dakota Attorney General , and the North Dakota House of Representatives .
Following the 2022 elections, Republicans expanded their supermajority by three seats, giving them a 43-to-4 member advantage over Democrats .
Retirements
Democrats
District 23: Joan Heckaman retired.
Republicans
District 3: Oley Larsen retired.
District 7: Nicole Poolman retired.
District 8: Howard Anderson retired.
District 26: Jason Heitkamp retired to run for state representative .
District 37: Rich Wardner retired.
Predictions
Defeated incumbents
Primary election
District 15: Republican incumbent Dave Oehlke was defeated in the Republican primary election by Judy Estenson.
District 20: Republican incumbent Robert Fors was defeated in the Republican primary election by fellow Republican incumbent Randy Lemm . Both incumbents had been redrawn into the same district following redistricting.
District 33: Republican incumbent Jessica Unruh-Bell was defeated in the Republican primary election by Keith Boehm.
General election
District 9: Democratic incumbent Richard Marcellais was defeated in the general election by Republican Kent Weston.
District 35: Democratic incumbent Tracy Potter was defeated in the general election by Republican Sean Cleary.
District 43: Democratic incumbent JoNell Bakke was defeated in the general election by Republican Jeff Barta.
Districts not listed were not up for election in 2022.
Primary election results source:[ 3]
General election results source:[ 4]
Close races
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 10, 1.57% (gain)
District 43, 6.07% (gain)
District 9, 7.59% (gain)
Detailed results
Primary election results source:[ 3]
General election results source:<[ 4]
Note: If a primary election is not listed, then there was not a competitive primary in that district (i.e., only one candidate filed to run).
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District 3
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District 5
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District 7
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District 8
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District 10
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District 11
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District 13
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District 15
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District 17
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District 19
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District 20
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District 23
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District 25
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District 26
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District 27
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District 31
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District 33
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District 35
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District 36
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District 37
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District 39
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District 41
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District 43
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District 44
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District 45
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District 47
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^ a b c d e f g h Election for an unexpired 2-year term.
^ a b c Redistricted from district 10 to 19.
^ a b c Redistricted from district 39 to 26.
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