2026 results · North Dakota

North Dakota elects one Republican to the House

Who won each county, and how far it moved

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North Dakota’s one House seat

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Held by Republicans before the election. Julie Fedorchak, the Republican, won it, R+20.7.

Close up: the four counties that moved most

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Each county’s move from the 2024 presidential vote in the race for commissioner of agriculture; the maps above show the result beside it.

In the race for commissioner of agriculture, these moved furthest toward Democrats, among counties with 2,000 or more votes in 2024 and at least half a percent of the state’s.

Williams County
Moved 20.6 points toward Democrats: R+68.1 for president in 2024; Doug Goehring, the Republican, carried it at R+47.5.
6,570 votes counted, 15,010 cast in 2024.
Rolette County
Moved 18.1 points toward Democrats: D+28.1 for president in 2024; Vern Thompson, the Democrat, carried it at D+46.1.
2,709 votes counted, 4,060 cast in 2024.
Morton County
Moved 17.7 points toward Democrats: R+53.8 for president in 2024; Doug Goehring, the Republican, carried it at R+36.1.
10,080 votes counted, 16,906 cast in 2024.
LaMoure County
Moved 15.2 points toward Democrats: R+55.0 for president in 2024; Doug Goehring, the Republican, carried it at R+39.9.
1,477 votes counted, 2,109 cast in 2024.

No county compared moved the other way.

Who lives where it moved

Barely related across counties. On average, ten more points of adults with a degree went with a county about 0.5 points more Republican (r = −0.13).

By place

Suburban1 county, 58,078 votes9.8 pts → D

Rural52 counties, 175,223 votes11.4 pts → D

By race and ethnicity

White non-Hispanic 85% or more40 counties, 113,380 votes10.0 pts → D

Every other county13 counties, 119,921 votes13.1 pts → D

Each group’s counties added together: its 2026 margin against its 2024 presidential margin. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019–2023. Counties, not voters: there are no exit polls here.

Every race in North Dakota

House

At-largeJulie Fedorchak Rover Trygve Hammer (D)R+20.7R+36.515.8 pts → Dwon

Other statewide offices

Public Service CommissionerSheri Haugen-Hoffart Rover John M Pederson (D)R+22.6R+36.814.2 pts → Dwon Public Service Commissioner Unexpired 2-Year TermJill Kringstad Rover Scot Kelsh (D)R+23.6R+36.813.1 pts → Dwon Secretary of StateMichael Howe Rover Ryan Braunberger (D)R+24.1R+36.812.6 pts → Dwon Agriculture CommissionerDoug Goehring Rover Vern Thompson (D)R+25.6R+36.811.1 pts → Dwon Superintendent of Public Instruction Unexpired 2-Year TermLevi Bachmeier Iover Tracy Layne Foss (I)+26.0——won Tax CommissionerBrian Kroshus Rover Mark Nelson (D)R+27.7R+36.89.1 pts → Dwon Attorney GeneralDrew Wrigley Rover Tim Lamb (D)R+27.8R+36.89.0 pts → Dwon

Ballot measures

Constitutional Measure No. 1 relating to the threshold for approving a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to sixty percent43.5% yesfailing

Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 2 relating to funding of school lunches49.4% yesfailing

Margins are the winner’s or leader’s lead in points of all votes cast. * Still counting: where we expect the count to finish. The move is the 2026 margin against the 2024 presidential margin on the same ground, for races between a Democrat and a Republican.

North Dakota’s legislature

Senate24 of 47 seats on the ballotBefore5–42Leaders6–411 seat is led by another party than held it. Republicans keep control.Every district, mapped →House53 of 93 seats on the ballotBefore11–82Leaders14–785 seats are led by another party than held them. Republicans keep control.Every district, mapped →

Counts are North Dakota’s official state and county counts, published by the North Dakota Secretary of State. Where a race is still being counted, its margin is where we expect the count to finish, marked *. A move from 2024 is the 2026 margin against Kamala Harris’s margin over Donald Trump in the same place. A race is won when we call it or the state certifies it.