The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota were held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of North Dakota from its . The election coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections. The primary elections were held on June 11, 2024.
Incumbent Republican representative Kelly Armstrong was re-elected with 62.2% of the vote in 2022 against an independent candidate. He did not seek re-election in 2024, instead choosing to run for governor. Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak won the Republican primary and defeated the Democratic challenger, Trygve Hammer, in the general election with 69 percent of the vote.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Julie Fedorchak, member of the North Dakota Public Service Commission (2012–2025)
Eliminated in primary Alex Balazs, farmer and former U.S. State Department project manager Rick Becker, former state representative from the 7th district (2012–2022), candidate for governor in 2016, and independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022 Sharlet Mohr, activist Cara Mund, lawyer, Miss America 2018, and independent candidate for U.S. House in 2022
Withdrawn Kelly Armstrong, incumbent U.S. representative (2019–2024) (ran for governor) Tom Campbell, former state senator from the 19th district (2012–2018) and candidate for U.S. House in 2018 (previously ran for governor)
Declined Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction (2013–2025) (ran for re-election) (endorsed Fedorchak) Thomas Beadle, North Dakota State Treasurer (2021–present) (ran for re-election) (endorsed Fedorchak) Rick Berg, former U.S. representative (2011–2013), former chair of the North Dakota Republican Party (2018–2021), and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012 Kevin Black, member of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Jonathan Casper, former state senator (2014–2018) Scott Davis, former executive director of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Jon Godfread, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner (2016–present) (endorsed Fedorchak) Michael Howe, North Dakota Secretary of State (2023–present) (endorsed Fedorchak) Brian Kroshus, North Dakota State Tax Commissioner (2022–present) Eric Murphy, state representative (2022–present) Wade Webb, Cass County District Court judge Drew Wrigley, North Dakota Attorney General (2022–present) (endorsed Fedorchak)
Endorsements During the North Dakota Republican Party endorsement convention, Rick Becker encouraged his supporters to write in spoiler ballots to prevent an endorsement from going through, as Becker was ineligible to receive the endorsement due to a rule change about keeping party membership for a certain amount of years in response to his independent senate campaign.https://www.kfyrtv.com/2024/01/29/republican-rick-becker-discusses-his-run-north-dakotas-us-house-race/ After two failed ballots, Julie Fedorchak withdrew from the endorsement to allow the convention to continue, giving Alex Balazs the endorsement.
Debates WFZG news hosted a primary debate between Balazs, Becker, and Fedorchak on April 12, 2024.
On May 11, BEK TV hosted a debate between all the candidates. However, Fedorchak and Mohr were unable to attend, leaving just Becker, Balazs, and Mund.
On May 24, a third debate was hosted by KFGO news between all candidates except Mohr. Again on June 6, a fourth debate was hosted by WDAY News between all candidates except Mohr.
+ 2024 North Dakota Congressional election Republican primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican Republican RepublicanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Alex Balazs Rick Becker Julie Fedorchak Sharlet Mohr Cara Mund1 April 12, 2024 WFZG News Scott Hennen & Steve Hallstrom YouTube 2 May 11, 2024 BEK TV Dale Wetzel BEK 3 May 24, 2024 KFGO News Paul Jurgens, Jim Shaw, & Amy Dalrymple Omny 4 June 6, 2024 WDAY News Steve Hallstrom, Scott Hennen YouTube
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin AlexBalazs RickBecker JulieFedorchak CaraMund Other UndecidedWPA IntelligenceWPA IntelligenceMay 20–22, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%5%25%32%10%0%28%DFM Research (D)May 6–8, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%5%29%26%14%0%26%
Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handAlex Balazs (R)$133,039$81,625$51,413Rick Becker (R)$982,290$633,916$348,374Julie Fedorchak (R)$1,388,553$1,124,137$264,415Cara Mund (R)$18,933$4,085$30,386Source: Federal Election Commission
Results
Democratic-NPL primary Candidates Nominee Trygve Hammer, teacher
Eliminated in primary Roland Riemers, property manager, former member of the Libertarian National Committee, and perennial candidate
Endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin TrygveHammer RolandRiemers UndecidedDFM Research (D)May 6–8, 2024104 (LV)± 9.6%54%4%42%
Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handTrygve Hammer (D)$560,154$397,248$162,905Source: Federal Election Commission
Results
General election Predictions Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report December 12, 2023 Inside Elections December 15, 2023 Sabato's Crystal Ball June 8, 2023 Elections Daily June 8, 2023 CNalysis November 16, 2023 Decision Desk HQ June 1, 2024
Post-primary endorsements
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error JulieFedorchak (R) TrygveHammer (D) UndecidedWPA IntelligenceWPA IntelligenceSeptember 28–30, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%53%28%19%Public Opinion StrategiesPublic Opinion StrategiesJune 15–19, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%64%25%10%
Results
By county CountyJulie FedorchakRepublicanTrygve HammerDemocratic-NPLWrite-inVariousMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams98282.73%20116.93%40.34%78165.80%1,187Barnes3,60068.87%1,61430.88%130.25%1,98638.00%5,227Benson1,14059.22%77740.36%80.42%36318.86%1,925Billings55085.54%9014.00%30.47%46071.54%643Bottineau2,63777.51%75022.05%150.44%1,88755.47%3,402Bowman1,36885.18%23314.51%50.31%1,13570.67%1,606Burke88084.86%14814.27%90.87%73270.59%1,037Burleigh37,21472.91%13,46526.38%3620.71%23,74946.53%51,041Cass50,66256.78%38,34942.98%2200.25%12,31313.80%89,231Cavalier1,47975.57%47224.12%60.31%1,00751.46%1,957Dickey1,79574.82%60325.14%10.04%1,19249.69%2,399Divide91377.83%25821.99%20.17%65555.84%1,173Dunn1,86684.97%32214.66%80.36%1,54470.31%2,196Eddy86772.55%32327.03%50.42%54445.52%1,195Emmons1,56784.07%27714.86%201.07%1,29069.21%1,864Foster1,34479.76%33720.00%40.24%1,00759.76%1,685Golden Valley84086.69%12412.80%50.52%71673.89%969Grand Forks18,74961.39%11,74138.44%510.17%7,00822.95%30,541Grant1,07282.84%21316.46%90.70%85966.38%1,294Griggs98277.75%27822.01%30.24%70455.74%1,263Hettinger1,06484.24%19415.36%50.40%87068.88%1,263Kidder1,13782.81%23016.75%60.44%90766.06%1,373LaMoure1,62677.35%47622.65%00.00%1,15054.71%2,102Logan87586.63%13012.87%50.50%74573.76%1,010McHenry2,04075.11%66624.52%100.37%1,37450.59%2,716McIntosh1,13282.39%23717.25%50.36%89565.14%1,374McKenzie4,54084.23%82415.29%260.48%3,71668.94%5,390McLean4,18078.07%1,13521.20%390.73%3,04556.87%5,354Mercer3,73384.04%68915.51%200.45%3,04468.53%4,442Morton12,53676.21%3,82223.24%910.55%8,71452.98%16,449Mountrail2,83370.83%1,15428.85%130.33%1,67941.98%4,000Nelson1,15866.78%57333.04%30.17%58533.74%1,734Oliver86082.45%17817.07%50.48%68265.39%1,043Pembina2,37477.23%69322.54%70.23%1,68154.68%3,074Pierce1,50877.57%42121.66%150.77%1,08755.92%1,944Ramsey3,64870.67%1,49929.04%150.29%2,14941.63%5,162Ransom1,67964.55%91935.33%30.12%76029.22%2,601Renville98882.61%19416.22%141.17%79466.39%1,196Richland5,57168.91%2,49630.87%180.22%3,07538.03%8,085Rolette1,51738.39%2,42961.46%60.15%-912-23.08%3,952Sargent1,32566.12%67533.68%40.20%65032.44%2,004Sheridan63184.81%10714.38%60.81%52470.43%744Sioux31132.98%63066.81%20.21%-319-33.83%943Slope34589.15%3910.08%30.78%30679.07%387Stark12,13282.83%2,43116.60%830.57%9,70166.24%14,646Steele63663.66%36136.14%20.20%27527.53%999Stutsman7,05672.66%2,63327.11%220.23%4,42345.55%9,711Towner79572.21%30327.52%30.27%49244.69%1,101Traill2,71067.15%1,31632.61%100.25%1,39434.54%4,036Walsh3,26673.34%1,17626.41%110.25%2,09046.93%4,453Ward20,45773.35%7,28226.11%1500.54%13,17547.24%27,889Wells1,74679.08%43919.88%231.04%1,30759.19%2,208Williams12,18583.65%2,30515.82%770.53%9,88067.82%14,567Totals249,10169.24%109,23130.36%1,4550.40%139,87038.88%359,787 Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican Cass (largest city: Fargo)
Counties that flipped from Independent to Democratic Rolette (largest CDP: Belcourt) Sioux (largest CDP: Cannon Ball)
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links Official campaign websites Julie Fedorchak (R) Trygve Hammer (D–NPL)