Election Results
North Dakota voted strongly Republican in the 2024 presidential election, with a margin of roughly +36 points.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 GOP margin (points) | 36 | 1.5 |
- •North Dakota has voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election since 1968.
Governors
Kelly Armstrong, a Republican, became North Dakota's governor in December 2024, continuing the state's long run of Republican governance.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly Armstrong | Republican | 2024–present |
| Jack Dalrymple | Republican | 2010–2016 |
| John Hoeven | Republican | 2000–2010 |
| Edward Thomas Schafer | Republican | 1992–2000 |
| George Albert Sinner | Democratic | 1985–1992 |
| Allen Ingvar Olson | Republican | 1981–1985 |
| Arthur Albert Link | Democratic | 1973–1981 |
| William Lewis Guy | Democratic | 1961–1973 |
| John Edward Davis | Republican | 1957–1961 |
| C. Norman Brunsdale | Republican Organizing Committee | 1951–1957 |
| Fred George Aandahl | Republican Organizing Committee | 1945–1951 |
| John Moses | Democratic | 1939–1945 |
| Thomas Hilliard Moodie | Democratic | 1935–1935 |
| Ole H. Olson | Republican | 1934–1935 |
| Louis Benjamin Hanna | Republican | 1913–1917 |
| John Burke | Democratic | 1907–1913 |
| Elmore Yocum Sarles | Republican | 1905–1907 |
| Frank White | Republican | 1901–1905 |
| Frederick Bartlett Fancher | Republican | 1899–1901 |
| Joseph McMurray Devine | Republican | 1898–1899 |
| Frank Arlington Briggs | Republican | 1897–1898 |
| Roger Allin | Republican | 1895–1897 |
| Eli C. D. Shortridge | Populist | 1893–1895 |
| Andrew Horace Burke | Republican | 1891–1893 |
| John Miller | Republican | 1889–1891 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Years of continuous GOP governorship | 32 | 8 |
- •North Dakota has not elected a Democratic governor since 1992.
Senators
North Dakota is represented in the U.S. Senate by John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Republican U.S. Senate seats | 2 | 1 |
- •John Hoeven previously served three terms as North Dakota's governor before joining the U.S. Senate in 2011.
Representatives
North Dakota has a single at-large U.S. House seat, currently held by Republican Julie Fedorchak, elected in 2024.
U.S. House seats apportioned to North Dakota
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House seats | 1 | 9 |
- •North Dakota is one of only a handful of states with a single at-large congressional district covering the entire state.
Voting Trends
North Dakota has trended increasingly Republican over the past two decades, with rural and energy-producing counties showing the strongest partisan shifts.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Voter turnout (%) | 63 | 63 |
- •North Dakota does not require voter registration, one of the few states in the nation with this policy.
Party Distribution
Republicans dominate North Dakota's state legislature and hold every statewide elected office as of 2024.
| Indicator | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| GOP legislature share (%) | 85 | 54 |
- •Democrats have not won a North Dakota statewide race for governor or U.S. Senate since the early 2010s.