2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

The 2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican John Hoeven was first elected in 2010 with 76% of the vote to succeed retiring Democratic–NPL incumbent Byron Dorgan, and won re-election in 2016 with 78.5% of the vote. He ran for a re-election to a third term in office against Democratic-NPL nominee Katrina Christiansen. He also faced State Representative Rick Becker who initially ran as a Republican in the primary but suspended his campaign and instead ran as an Independent.[1][2]

2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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Nominee John Hoeven Katrina Christiansen Rick Becker
Party Republican Democratic–NPL Independent
Popular vote 135,474 59,995 44,406
Percentage 56.41% 24.98% 18.49%

County results
Hoeven:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Christiansen:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

John Hoeven
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

John Hoeven
Republican

Hoeven won reelection to a third term in office[3] with 56.4% of the vote. His performance however was far less impressive than in both of his prior races and even substantially lower than what most polling had indicated, and was the worst a winning Republican had made in the Class 3 seat since 1974. This underperformance was in part attributed to the candidacy of Rick Becker, an independent and former Republican, who took 18.5% of the vote. Additionally, Christiansen's 25% vote share was the highest of any Democratic–NPL candidate for the Class 3 Senate seat since Dorgan's landslide 2004 win.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

  • Riley Kuntz, oil worker[4]

Withdrawn edit

Endorsements edit

John Hoeven
Executive Branch Officials
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Results edit

 
Results by county:
  Hoeven
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Hoeven (incumbent) 59,529 77.8
Republican Riley Kuntz 16,400 21.4
Write-in 557 0.7
Total votes 76,486 100.0

Democratic-NPL primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in primary edit

  • Michael Steele, small business owner[9]

Endorsements edit

Results edit

 
Results by county:
  Christiansen
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic–NPL primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–NPL Katrina Christiansen 17,187 76.8
Democratic–NPL Michael Steele 5,174 23.1
Write-in 24 0.1
Total votes 22,385 100.0

Independent edit

Candidates edit

Qualified edit

General election edit

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[12] Solid R November 19, 2021
Inside Elections[13] Solid R July 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] Safe R August 2, 2022
Politico[15] Solid R April 1, 2022
RCP[16] Safe R January 10, 2022
Fox News[17] Solid R May 12, 2022
DDHQ[18] Solid R July 20, 2022
538[19] Solid R August 4, 2022
The Economist[20] Safe R September 7, 2022

Endorsements edit

John Hoeven (R)
Executive Branch officials
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Results edit

 
Results by State Senate District
2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Hoeven (incumbent) 135,474 56.41% -22.07%
Democratic–NPL Katrina Christiansen 59,995 24.98% +8.01%
Independent Rick Becker 44,406 18.49% N/A
Write-in 265 0.11% N/A
Total votes 240,140 100.0%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Wagner, Cordell. "Senator John Hoeven Seeking 3rd Term". www.valleynewslive.com.
  2. ^ a b "Hoeven to seek third term in Senate". February 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hoeven decisively defends US Senate seat in three-way North Dakota race". InForum. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. ^ Brooks, Emily (February 6, 2022). "Rick Becker announces GOP primary challenge to North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven". Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e Turley, Jeremy (April 2, 2022). "Hoeven beats Becker for North Dakota GOP endorsement in Senate race". www.inforum.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Trump endorses Hoeven; Becker plans to honor convention results". bismarktribune.com.
  8. ^ a b "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Two North Dakota Democrats enter US Senate race". February 14, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "North Dakota Democratic-NPL endorses statewide candidates amid recruiting struggles". March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  11. ^ "Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  12. ^ "2022 Senate Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  13. ^ "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  15. ^ "North Dakota Senate Race 2022". Politico. April 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.
  17. ^ "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  19. ^ "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  20. ^ "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  21. ^ "2022 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  22. ^ "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  23. ^ "Official 2022 General Election Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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Official campaign websites