The 2024 North Dakota Senate election took place on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections. Senators serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the senate districts have elections every two years (even-numbered seats are up on presidential election years.)
In the 2022 North Dakota elections, a ballot measure created term limits of eight years in the North Dakota Senate, which was put into effect starting January 2023."North Dakota Midterm Election 2022". NBC News. NBC Universal. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023. However, no candidate up for election will be affected by the term limits.
In January 2024, Federal District Court Judge Peter Welte required North Dakota to substantially alter Legislative District 9 in response to a lawsuit by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe. The tribes alleged that the House of Representatives districts established by the North Dakota legislature violated the voting rights act by preventing members of the Spirit Lake Tribe from electing a candidate of their choice to the legislature. The court-ordered new District 9, which the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribes had proposed, includes both the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake reservations.
Summary + Summary of the 2024 North Dakota Senate election results Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before Up Won After +/– Republican 24 134,438 75.33 43 23 22 42 1 Democratic–NPL 15 40,532 22.71 4 2 3 5 1 Independents 1 1,533 0.86 0 0 0 0 0 Write-in 1,974 1.11 — Total 178,477 100% 47 25 47
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball | October 23, 2024
Partisan Background
In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump won the most votes in 41 of North Dakota's State Senate districts and Democrat Joe Biden won 6. Out of the 24 districts with elections in 2024, Donald Trump won the most votes in 20 districts and Joe Biden won the most votes in 4. There are 2 Biden-won districts which Republicans represented going into the 2024 North Dakota Senate election: District 9 ( Biden + 21%) and Fargo-based District 46 ( Biden + 0.2%).
Retirements
Democrats District 44: Merrill Piepkorn is retiring to run for Governor.
Republicans District 2: David Rust is retiring. District 4: Jordan Kannianen is retiring. District 6: Shawn Vedaa is retiring. District 36: Jay Elkin is retiring. District 40: Karen Krebsbach is retiring. District 42: Curt Kreun is retiring. District 46: Jim Roers is retiring.
District Races District Incumbent Party Firstelected Result General election Primary election candidates 2 David Rust Republican 2014 Republican hold. 4 Jordan Kannianen Republican 2016 Republican hold. 6 Shawn Vedaa Republican 2016 Republican hold. 8 Jeffery Magrum Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 9Kent Weston (redistricted) Republican 2022 Incumbent defeated.Democratic–NPL gain. 10 Ryan Braunberger Democratic-NPL 2022 Incumbent re-elected. 12 Cole Conley Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. 14 Jerry Klein Republican 1996 Incumbent re-elected. 15Judy Estenson (redistricted) Republican2022 Incumbent re-elected. 16 David Clemens Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 18 Scott Meyer Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 20 Randy Lemm Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 22 Mark Weber Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. 24 Michael Wobbema Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. 26 Dale Patten Republican 2018 Incumbent re-elected. 28 Robert Erbele Republican 2000 Incumbeng re-elected. 30 Diane Larson Republican 2020 Incumbent re-elected. 32 Dick Dever Republican 2016 Incumbent re-elected. 34 Justin Gerhardt Republican (appointed) Incumbent re-elected. 36 Jay Elkin Republican 2018 Republican hold. 38 David Hogue Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected. 40 Karen Krebsbach Republican 1988 Republican hold. 42 Curt Kreun Republican 2016 Republican hold. 44 Merrill Piepkorn Democratic–NPL 2016 Democratic–NPL hold. 46 Jim Roers Republican 2016 Republican hold. Primary election results source:
General election results source:https://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=LG&map=DIST
Close races
Detailed results District 2 • District 4 • District 6 • District 8 • District 10 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 18 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 26 • District 28 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 • District 36 • District 38 • District 40 • District 42 • District 44 • District 46
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District 6
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District 9
District 10
District 12
District 14
District 15
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District 20
District 22
District 24
District 26
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District 30
District 32
District 34
District 36
District 38
District 40
District 42
District 44
District 46
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